Not had a Mac call yet
but the Windows ones are fun.
Them - Hi, I'm from Microsoft, and we have detected a problem with your Windows computer ...
Me - I don't have a Windows computer (lie)
Then - Oh. But we have detected an infection on your computer. If you click on the start menu ...
Me. I don't have a start menu. I don't have a Windows computer.
Them - Oh. But we have received reports of your IP address being used ...
Me - Really? What IP address is that, then?
Them - Erm.
Me - Goodbye.
The Mac ones would be even more fun. What's my name? What's my Apple ID? Which version of OSX am I running? Etc. I guess I'm not their target.
I could just sit here feeling smug, but I know people who have fallen for these scare tactics and it makes me mad.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
