"We have detected a problem..."
Aug. 10th, 2018 07:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kybearfuzzSo while I was typing up the previous entry, I had a call on the phone. It was from someone with a foreign accent, letting me know that they have detected a problem with my computer.
I rolled my eyes at this and was very close to hanging up, but decided to play with him for a bit. After asking me if I was at my computer, what browser I was using, etc., he asked me what keys I had on my keyboard. I literally rattled off, in my dumbest hick voice, the command key, the spacebar, the Alt key, the arrow keys, and then added a few random keys for good measure.
He directed me to my browser, and after I told him every menu option I had at the top (and I mean EVERY one), he had me go to a "TeamViewer.com" website and asked me downloaded the free version. I faked my way into the download, which took much longer than it really does.
"... and it's loading... and it's loading... and it's loading..."
I found a screen shot of the software's main screen on Google and proceeded to tell him every menu on that screen too.
Finally, he asked me to go to a username/password screen and asked me to type in certain numbers. At this stage, about 10 minutes into the call, I asked him what this would do, what kind of problems the computer supposedly has, how he knew it...
He was getting frustrated with me and said he would tell me everything once I put the numbers in and hit enter.
I was getting bored with him and finally asked if I could ask just one more question:
"Just how F**KING stupid do you think I am???"
He immediately started calling me a "jack-off" to which I replied with other colorful phrases with multiple curse words.
Seriously, I could hear other "operators" in the background and I can only imagine how much damage this soulless prick has done to other people, probably senior citizens who don't know any better. I was happy to cuss him out and waste his time.
I rolled my eyes at this and was very close to hanging up, but decided to play with him for a bit. After asking me if I was at my computer, what browser I was using, etc., he asked me what keys I had on my keyboard. I literally rattled off, in my dumbest hick voice, the command key, the spacebar, the Alt key, the arrow keys, and then added a few random keys for good measure.
He directed me to my browser, and after I told him every menu option I had at the top (and I mean EVERY one), he had me go to a "TeamViewer.com" website and asked me downloaded the free version. I faked my way into the download, which took much longer than it really does.
"... and it's loading... and it's loading... and it's loading..."
I found a screen shot of the software's main screen on Google and proceeded to tell him every menu on that screen too.
Finally, he asked me to go to a username/password screen and asked me to type in certain numbers. At this stage, about 10 minutes into the call, I asked him what this would do, what kind of problems the computer supposedly has, how he knew it...
He was getting frustrated with me and said he would tell me everything once I put the numbers in and hit enter.
I was getting bored with him and finally asked if I could ask just one more question:
"Just how F**KING stupid do you think I am???"
He immediately started calling me a "jack-off" to which I replied with other colorful phrases with multiple curse words.
Seriously, I could hear other "operators" in the background and I can only imagine how much damage this soulless prick has done to other people, probably senior citizens who don't know any better. I was happy to cuss him out and waste his time.
