[Coco] Just got a call from my "computer technician"

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 03 May 2015 18:03:25 William Mikrut wrote:
> I knew a guy who went into straight  'special person' mode with these
> guys:
>
> "HI... will you be my friend...."
>
> He even kept a window salesman on  the line for 30 minutes only to
> have the salesman find out he was interested in windows for his bomb
> shelter.

Windows, in a bomb shelter?  As one techie friend was fond of saying, 
gee, I just checked and we don't have some more of those...

These guys are out of balance anyway, so I sure am not going to give them 
more than the time of day, in some time zone half way around the planet.

> On May 3, 2015 3:43 PM, "Christopher R. Hawks" <chawks at dls.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, 3 May 2015 14:56:02 -0400
> >
> > Barry Nelson <barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com> wrote:
> > > Last one of these calls I got I said:
> > > Me: I'm sorry, I'm sort of busy right now, let me get your name
> > > and number so I can call you back, and can you give me an address
> > > to mail a check to so I can pay for your service. Technician: We
> > > take credit cards, I can take one over the phone. Me: I don't have
> > > a credit card, I don't mind waiting till you receive a check
> > > though, I don't use my computer much. Technician: Ok, you can mail
> > > a check to (gives address in India), and you can call me back at
> > > (gives phone number). Me: Great, let me make sure I got that
> > > right, it's … Technician: Yes, that is correct. Me: Ok, I have to
> > > hang up now, I need to give this information to the US justice
> > > department. Have a nice day! Technician: <Click!> <Dial tone>
> >
> >         ROTFLMAF !!
> >
> >         Gotta remember that...
> >
> > > On May 2, 2015, at 5:53 PM, coco-request at maltedmedia.com wrote:
> > > > Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 12:10:16 -0700
> > > > From: John Guin <johnguin at hotmail.com>
> > > > To: "'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'"
> > > > <coco at maltedmedia.com> Subject: Re: [Coco] Just got a call from
> > > > my "computer technician" Message-ID:
> > > > <COL402-EAS42417B751652F0DE68A5A02D9D40 at phx.gbl> Content-Type:
> > > > text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> > > >
> > > > I managed to keep the guy on line for almost 15 minutes.  I felt
> > > > pretty good that at least I could slow down the scam a little,
> > > > tiny bit.
> > > >
> > > > John
> >
> > Christopher R. Hawks
> > HAWKSoft
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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