Lovely- tonight's scam call when preparing dinner is done.

"Windows Service Centre" politely telling me to jump off my terrace ended it :)


Hubby took the phone call first, and although not technical is aware of the general gist of the calls. So he spent a few minutes playing computer Solitaire while the chap told him to turn on his computer. Then he handed the call across to me.

Apparently they are calling from Windows Service Centre ;)

I was asked if I was sitting in front of my computer and to open the browser - I wasn't and didn't: I wrote in the diary instead

I decided to see how much info (obviously fake) I could get out of them and so asked the chap for his name- he gave one.
I told him I was recording the call, and that it's point of origin was also being traced. I've had others hang up at this point.
Then I asked for his Employee ID number- he gave one ;)
Trying to get a reaction I asked him for his birth date- he gave one. But when I read it back to check it, after the second read he changed the month from 07 to 09 - which do not sound at all like each other for me to have made a mistake.

He asked if my browser had finished opening and directed me to ammyy's site (this is while I was writing notes in the diary downstairs - the computer is upstairs ;)  )

I told him my computer was taking a long time loading the site and asked what should I expect to see when the site loaded.
He kept asking me what I could see; and I kept asking what should I expect to see :)

Eventually he told me I should see a picture of me and a computer and a bamboo stick on my back

I kept repeating what he said I should see and asking if that was correct.

Then he politely told me I should walk across my terrace and jump off, then hung up.

Our early evening's 15 minute entertainment was completed ;)