I finally got the "fix your computer" foreign scammers to stop calling me.

[lindysalsagal]

As soon as he said "your computer" I just set the phone down and walked away. I heard him talking as I was doing house chores. No idea how long he talked.

Then it rang again, and it was the same number, so I hit answer, and again just set it down.

This went on 7 times.

And then it stopped.

They finally believed I wouldn't take the bait.

If you tell them you're not doing it they just call back.

Then I put it on blocking and so they can talk to my voice mail.

[safeinOhio]

1. I told them I have an

apple computer and they hang up and never called back.

[csziggy]

4. After I told them that, the next call said, "We now support Apple products, too!"

So I told them I went to Linux, but that didn't stop them.

Then I found my great aunt's whistle she used when she taught phys ed. The first time I blew into the phone the guy yelled "FUCK!" over and over until I hung up. After that I blew the whistle until they hung up. They have not called back for the last month.

I wish the IRS scammers didn't just use robocalls - I suppose I could call them back, but that's too much work. Same for Rachel (or whichever of her sisters is calling these days) from card services wasn't a robocall - I would LOVE to blow out her eardrum!

[Phentex]

15. Remember when they used to do this for copier toner?

They'd call an office during lunch time hoping to get someone who didn't know anything about the office copiers. Then they'd blab on and on about the next toner order and try to get your permission to send some. I used to tell them we had a Fractal 2000. Sometimes they'd get confused and hang up but sometimes they'd go ahead with the scheme. So I'd ask for the toner number just to be sure and then ask them to make sure it was the purple toner not the orange toner like last time. I'd try to keep them on as long as I could. At one point, a guy got really frustrated and turned angry and then made sexual comments. I played along with that too while my co workers were freaking out. He hung up. Ah, good times.

These days I just don't answer.

[csziggy]

16. I never worked in an office so I hadn't heard of that scam

Not a lot of toner salespeople called my horse farm, lol!

I love watching the YouTube videos of people pranking the scammers. My favorite is the one where the tech guy got a newbie scammer and talked him through putting a password on the BIOS of the boss's computer - which was also the server for the scammer farm.

And this one where a kid deletes the files on a scammer's machine:

[a kennedy]

17. My guy said he did work on apples as well, I said I'd just bring my computer

to my Mac store.....he got really mad and hung up.

[yellowdogintexas]

23. Card Services Ladies sorority. (Kappa Sigma Lamda) LOL

Heather, Rachel et al drive me nuts

[democratisphere]

2. Bastards are relentless. Had the same thing happen to me.

Glad you were able to shut them down.

[Tanuki]

3. I told them they were liars and criminals and I was reporting them to the FBI

and Interpol. They stopped calling me.

[lindysalsagal]

5. It felt good to waste their time. I just went on with unpacking, laundry, etc.

Didn't slow me down at all.

[napi21]

6. I get them too.

I've gotten those too. So many that I've told everyone I know to ignore them. I like your respo we'd, but mostly having a Mac. I'll pass that one along

[yellowdogintexas]

24. Husband of a friend put the Win10 update on their Win8 PC; the next day

she answered the phone to one of those Indian guys with the Great Windows Crisis Alert. She actually though Mike had picked up a virus in the Win10 upload. I nearly killed myself laughing while I was explaining to her what that call was about. I'm not sure she believed me . . but then she is a Luddite

Now the computer is a mess but I think it is because Mike uploaded the update when it first came out, and of course there were bugs. Plus they did start out with Win8

I waited six months to upload 10 to my Win7 and it worked like a charm from the get go.

[jberryhill]

7. I act chronically inept at following instructions

And just wear them down.

[Binkie The Clown]

8. I like to say "Please hold" and then set the phone down next to the radio. n/t

[fierywoman]

9. Cat and mouse

Usually I play the clueless old lady ("Oh that's so nice of you to call me!&quot and tell them I have to turn on the computer (I don't tell them it's a Mac) and I waste their time ("Your mother must be so proud of the work you do!&quot
If they're rude I say "May your karma come back to you tenfold."

[Doreen]

11. That just made me think that if I ever get one of those calls

I will wait until they say everything then ask them to explain again let them talk then ask them to explain again and just keep doing that until THEY give up trying to explain something to someone who is a total idiot. I just see a lot of fun things to do with them. Hey, I'm poor and that is cheap entertainment.

[fierywoman]

12. Do it ! Do it!

Be sugar-wouldn't-melt -in-her-mouth polite -- it's a riot !

[Doreen]

13. Oh I will.

I like to think that the dumber I keep sounding the dumber they feel.

[emulatorloo]

10. Sometimes I tell them I don't have a computer. Other times I tell them are liars and criminals

stealing money from seniors and they will be punished by the FBI

[patricia92243]

14. I really like that idea. Will be interesting to see how long my timer

says they are on the line.

[apkhgp]

18. Scammers

Over the past fifteen years I have gotten a whole series of these "Window" calls. The last time I told the guy to get an honest job. The guy got really mad and wanted to know what kind of job I had. I told him that I run a whole office filled with computer units. Not true. I also told him that he was not going to be able to get into any of my "units". He told me I was a "damn fool".

[gratuitous]

19. "Could I have your full name, please?"

That one often ends the call.

[Initech]

20. I had one telemarketer that kept calling my cell phone so much I finally blocked them.

And it was that one "This is officer *insert name*. The IRS has a warrant out for your arrest. Please send money now."

Yeah fuck that shit. I went to Verizon and finally blocked them.

[Ron Obvious]

21. I told the man with the Indian accent...

that I hope he believes in Karma for he will be coming back as a stinkbug.

It's not much and I'm sure it didn't really sting, but it was the best I could come up with at short notice.

[Wolf Frankula]

22. I Tried Buddy's Glass

"We do windows." But they kept calling back. Now I answer with a 'Woof" and say "Papa Slurpy's: Pizza for Dogs." They haven't called in months.

Wolf