Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:
CRA scam, meh!
The real pro's are the nice ladies from Microsoft Support who don't know what the weather is like in Redmond Washington or even speak passable English. They're actually the easiest ones to fuck with. Hell I've screwed with them so often that they have called their boss to the phone, called me obscene names and threatened to have me arrested.
Apparently they don't like people asking them what they're wearing and telling them to wait till you get your pants off especially when you're that male supervisor who just got called to the phone.
Fun is where you make it. Now after having used my other ploys to garner some enjoyment from these annoying phone calls, I've taken to trying to convert them to Scientology and it seems to be working because, I've been screamed at in tongues which must mean that at leas they're getting a bit of a religious experience out of talking to me.
They've also for some odd reason accepted a fake Tom Cruise email address from me so they can contact Scientologies #2 directly. Something which makes me think that maybe the voice on the other end of the line isn't really much more computer literate than a scared cow on Valium.
Do they recognize your voice yet? My guys started to recognize my voice so after awhile they'd just hang up. Bummer.
Hey, you know how sometimes you're having a fun conversation with them but something happens that requires your immediate attention off the phone so you have to leave quickly but as the winner?
I've had success just saying "command prompt" to them. They seem to immediately know that if you know what that is in context of their call they're wasting their time and they generally hang up. "Ransomware" can work too.
There was a month where they were calling me pretty much every day.
I used have a little script of terms next to the phone for when they'd try to bafflegab me with tech terms. CLSID vs GUID - that sort of thing.
I know what you're talking about though with the supervisor who cusses you out then hangs up and such. Ahh, good times...where did they go?