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- Video: Malware threat by antivirus scammer exposed on virtual machine
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- Firms keep testing the limits of Do-Not-Call list -us
- Mississippi Public Service Commission (MPSC) fines firms $945,000 for no-call violations
- Interview with the man behind Comantra, the “cold call virus scammers”
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Tag Archives: event viewer
Prank #25: Hang ups
#25. Hang ups – Ω TELEMARKETER: “Hello Mrs. Dong, we are affiliated with Macrohard Technologies; and in monitoring the internet it has come to our attention that your computer has a number of errors which makes it prone to attack … Continue reading
Posted in Pranks pranks pranks
Tagged attack, caper, cold caller, Cold calling, computer, event viewer, fraud, hang up, hook, Humor, Microsoft, prank, pranking, scam, scammer, telemarketer, telepest, unsolicited
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Interview with the man behind Comantra, the “cold call virus scammers”
If you live in a western country and have a landline telephone with a listed phone number, chances are you’ve been “cold called” by someone on the other side of the world with an introduction that goes something like this: … Continue reading
Computer error scam
Computer event-viewer errors Those scammers called again yesterday. You know, the ones who offer a glossed over, vague business name with Microsoft in it somewhere. He warned me of terrible errors on my PC that imminently threaten to crash my computer, which one … Continue reading
Posted in About telemarketing
Tagged computer errors, event viewer, Microsoft, scam, scammer, telemarketer
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