Slow Computer Scam

[Michael Havens]

maybe we should do that but really fix their computers!
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:

> I think the scamers are just playing the ods, and they know the likehood
> of someone at home having a windows computer that isn't running quite right
> is very high.  After that, all they have to do is sound like they know what
> they are talking about and they can't get people to do just about anything.
>  It's a lot like the study someone did where they found that people were
> much more likely to inflict pain on someone else if someone in a lab coat
> tells them to.
>
> That also makes me think about a scandal that happened about a decade ago
> where a motherboard manufacturer was caught selling motherboards that they
> know would cause crashes, and they almost got away with it too since
> everyone just attributed the crashes to windows, since it tended to do that
> anyway.
>
> It's just going after the low hanging fruit...
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 01/09/2013 04:28 PM, Derek Trotter wrote:
>
>> I guess they're counting on people too stupid to know the difference.
>>
>>
>> On 01/09/2013 02:17 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>
>>> I wish these people would think their scam throug.... Why would thr
>>> transportstion security administration (or tourism and sports
>>> authority) care if your computer was running slow?
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 1:44 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com
>>> <mailto:klsmith2020 at yahoo.com>**> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>     I just received a phone call where the caller ID said "private
>>>     caller"  The guy sounded like he was from India.  He said he was
>>>     from TSA and they had received an online report that my computer
>>>     was running slow. When I asked how I could contact them he hung up.
>>>
>>>     Clearly a scam.
>>>
>>>
>>>     ------------------------
>>>     Keith Smith
>>>
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