They never learn do they? Only a few weeks after I blogged about my call from a software ‘expert’ telling me they had found worms on my machine, I’ve had another long call with them…
This time, they avoided telling me about ClassID. They went straight into Event Viewer then directed me to Http://logmein123.com. This site is a remote access website which is used legitimately by many companies and is used to gain access to remote PC’s
There are loads of examples of people either falling for, or having fun with the scammers. Search for logmein123.com for a selection of these. Have a look at this blog too for a huge amount of links… There are loads of videos too about this on YouTube – with people winding them up much better than I could…
From there have a look at some of the related videos. Listen and learn. Other good ones here:
http://youtu.be/dNPZf_ZWJ80 (This guy keeps them on the phone for 70 minutes and states that Google maps are wrong because they include N. Ireland as part of the United Kingdom!)
and there are lots more. All have the same theme…
I’ve been looking at of the examples around the web about people who successfully keep them talking online, see through their scams and help other people so that they don’t get caught and I’m impressed by how many of us aren’t falling for the scam.
However, for them to be continuing their efforts for this length of time (over 2 years now – and more here…) , there must be thousands of people who are actually falling for this. Older people – not the digital natives seem to be particularly at risk – like James’ Dad…
So all of you techies – when you get one of these calls. Try to tie up these scammers for as long as you can – play the innocent and confound them with your slow bandwidth speed, your poor typing and your inability to understand anything technical at all. There are some great examples of others doing this on YouTube or search for http://onlinepccare.com scam and hear some other examples. The longer you tie them up on your call, then the less they will be dealing with less calls per day and are less likely to catch anyone who might just fall for this scam.
And if you feel like a smile – watch these videos and pick up some tips to delay the scammers next time they call 
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Of course, criminal enterprises being what they are these days, by keeping them talking for ages to annoy them you might get your name put on another list for a different scam, simply because you’re willing to speak to the caller… e.g. boiler room. So I still think the best approach is to simply put the phone down!!