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| From | Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! |
| Date | 2015-07-17 09:47 +0000 |
| Organization | Piglet's Pickles & Preserves |
| Message-ID | <d0s18mF7ergU6@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <20150716.1103.969828snz@twoplaces.co.uk> <0qffqa1inu7dfg4a2efvcgnnrnqml4hdkg@4ax.com> <20150716161721.9f7b4d5c5199653af37ce6cf@eircom.net> <20150717.0822.969856snz@twoplaces.co.uk> |
On 2015-07-17, Simon Turner <simon@twoplaces.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thursday, in article
> <20150716161721.9f7b4d5c5199653af37ce6cf@eircom.net>
> steveo@eircom.net "Ahem A Rivet's Shot" wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 09:28:29 -0500
>> JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > One of my relatives keeps getting these... and tells the caller she
>> > has an Apple computer. This evidently confuses them as they ask what
>> > version of Windows it is.
>>
>> I never get these - otherwise I'd be inclined to tell them that my
>> windows server is running X11R7.
>
> 8-)
>
> Fascinating how different people's experiences of these are. They
> average out at probably one per week nowadays, but at one time a couple
> of years ago I was getting two or three per day.
And I've never had one, ever.
--
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I don't have an attitude problem.
If you have a problem with my attitude, that's your problem.
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Tech support scammer makes my day! simon@twoplaces.co.uk (Simon Turner) - 2015-07-16 12:03 +0100
Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 09:28 -0500
Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-07-16 16:17 +0100
Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-07-16 10:10 -0600
Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-07-16 17:59 +0000
Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! simon@twoplaces.co.uk (Simon Turner) - 2015-07-17 09:29 +0100
Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! simon@twoplaces.co.uk (Simon Turner) - 2015-07-17 09:22 +0100
Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-07-17 09:47 +0000
Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> - 2015-07-17 11:35 +0100
Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! lawrence@cluon.com - 2015-07-21 16:36 +0200
Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-07-21 14:45 +0000
Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-07-21 16:45 +0100
Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-07-30 22:50 +0000
Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! Lon <lon.stowell@comcast.net> - 2015-08-02 11:17 -0600
Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-08-02 01:26 -0500
Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! mjb@signal11.invalid (Mike) - 2015-07-16 22:06 +0100
Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-07-16 20:20 -0400
Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> - 2015-07-17 08:10 +0100
Re: Tech support scammer makes my day! mjb@signal11.invalid (Mike) - 2015-07-17 21:01 +0100
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