BBB Scam Alert: "Neighbor spoofing" is a common type of phone scam
Are you experiencing an increase in the number of "local" calls to your home or cell phone? You’re not alone. This phenomenon is called “neighbor spoofing” and it’s a caller ID spoof strategy being used by phone scam artists in an attempt to get people to answer the phone.
Indian sounding male claimed to be from British Telecomm and there is a bug in my PC. Rubbish. If i did not let him have access to my PC he was going to terminate my account. Lies. Do not let these scammers in to your PC, you will be sorry. Told him he was a liar, a thief, a scammer and get lost. He got excited and abusive...I do not mind wasting 30 minutes of their time. And I work for British telecomm for 41 years, I know what I am talking about.
Unsafe Dec 20, 2014 00
I have had a number of calls from this number. They tell me that they are from Microsoft Security Department and that my laptop is sending them error messages about my Windows system. This is strange as I use Linux and not Windows. I usually go along with what they say, thanking them profusely for helping me sort out my laptop. The conversations usually go on for about 5 to 10 minutes with me giving fictious answers about what is displayed on my monitor. Eventually they realise that I am on Linux and not Windows and they get quite aggressive. It may be a waste of my time, which I can afford, but it gives me great delight to waste their time. Try it. You could always waste their time even if you do use Windows.
Neutral Aug 06, 2014 00