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Nuisance callers
Sep. 28th, 2018 10:05 amI work at home part of the time, and one thing I've noticed is the number of phone scams going on.
I get automated voices asking me to press 1 for whatever, or 9 to never hear from them again. I read once that this is an attempt to trick a switchboard into making an outbound call to a premium rate number. It certainly makes some interesting noises if I press 9.
Another one tells me that my IP address is compromised "from many countries". Today I thought I'd waste a bit of someone's time, so pressed 1 to speak to someone, and I kept the call centre bloke on the phone for as long as I could. Right at the start I told him that it was a scam and I didn't believe him, but he was very persistent. I tried telling him I had a Mac, but I couldn't keep that up. He got a little heated a couple of times that I wouldn't follow his script, but it took 16 minutes before he said "Go to hell" and hung up.
I get automated voices asking me to press 1 for whatever, or 9 to never hear from them again. I read once that this is an attempt to trick a switchboard into making an outbound call to a premium rate number. It certainly makes some interesting noises if I press 9.
Another one tells me that my IP address is compromised "from many countries". Today I thought I'd waste a bit of someone's time, so pressed 1 to speak to someone, and I kept the call centre bloke on the phone for as long as I could. Right at the start I told him that it was a scam and I didn't believe him, but he was very persistent. I tried telling him I had a Mac, but I couldn't keep that up. He got a little heated a couple of times that I wouldn't follow his script, but it took 16 minutes before he said "Go to hell" and hung up.
