Keep getting calls from people asking me about my Windows OS

I get a call from them every few days.

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I get a call from them every few days.

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How long do you keep them going..?

My wife got one of these calls one day. She knew about these scams, so all she said was "you are a terrible person and you should be ashamed of yourself" and hung up.

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I think we get a computer in the shop from this nonsense about once a day.

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How do they lock people out? Is it like the FBI file encryption virus?

I think there are several different ones. 1 apparently puts the computer in safe mode and auto opens a huge, full screen "chat help" dialog box. I think another one just changes your user password

I believe the FBI thing is a totally different entity.
The really bad one is the crypto wall. There is no fix for that shite - just nuke and reload. No way to unencrpypt your files.

They used to call me twice a week and I'd just hang up.

Then one day, they called me and said they are with "Windows Support Corporation". I said, "you mean, Microsoft?".

"yes, yes. absolutely."

"Great. I WORK for MS too! What's your corporate phone extension. I'll call you direct. You called my cell line."

It went on for over 30 minutes. Debating how Windows OS works... log files, security, etc. Who is really an MS employee, who isn't. (FTR, neither of us).

Anyway, the guy finally says, "look, I'm just trying to make enough money so I can come to college in the US. I'm scheduled to go to college at University of Southern Florida and need to save money."

I'm like, "dude, what you are doing is illegal in this country. don't come here. someone will end up shooting you for being a crook."

At that, he didn't know what to say.

He called the very next day. He didn't realize it was me again. Until I said, "I'm telling you, someone is going to shoot you when you get to USF."

He says, "ahhh fricksakes! it's you!" We both start laughing and he hung up.

has not called back since.

This is also relevant lol