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Originally Posted by tlgerdes
Should have strung him along further saying you typed that in. Then get him frustrated about not being able to connect to your computer.  |
Actually he got quite frustrated when I kept on asking him what he wanted me to type and made him spell it out a few times. He then started to loose his cool.
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Originally Posted by iceman
They have a very big operation doing these calls.
I'm continually surprised by how many times I've heard that people have been called. My wife even got a call.
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My feeling too. They are very well organised and I suspect they would get a lot of bites every day.
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Originally Posted by danielsun
Good on you Marc and Well done!  Hopefully that scum may have got a bit of a scare and be a little worried or at least for a little while.
Two days ago I got the old phising scam email that is doing the rounds with supposedly Telstra telling me that if I don't update my profile online my account will be suspended. Rang Telstra and they said yes, that a number of people rang inquiring about the email and yes it is a scam. |
I had to renew my business trademark 2 months ago. It's like $300 for 10 years or so. I got a late notice for payment from a mob in Melbourne for $1.5k. I have to admit I hesitated because it was quite expensive and that's what made me check and realised I had already paid for it. But if it had been in the vicinity of $300.00 I might have paid it again.
Anyway I rang that mob and they were
fake but unfortunately legal. When I checked back with IP Australia (my trademark provider) to report them they said it was legit and nothing they can do about it.
In the same vein with mobs sending you bills to renew your domain name and they're not even your original registrar. I reckon 100s of people pay the bills and don't question them.