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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsTech-support scammer gets hacked by victim, has nervous breakdown, freak-out, cries. (audio)
(Ignore the beeping. It's an audio-malfunction.)
We have a scammer from a call-center in India who talks to the victim via phone, pretending to be tech-support of Microsoft.
Their goal is usually to install viruses on your computer. Or to frighten you into buying their "antivirus-software". Or to blackmail you with data they stole from your computer. Or, as in this case, to lock you out from your own computer via syskey and blackmail you.
He's talking to a "victim" who's really professionally trolling scammers and posting videos about it.
At 3:50, the scammer is having trouble with his own computer and starts taking instructions from the "victim".
At 4:45, the scammer sets a new password for his syskey-tool AND IMMEDIATELY FORGETS WHAT HE JUST TYPED.
At 9:00, the "victim" talks the scammer into restarting the PC and opening the BIOS.
At 10:30, the "victim" talks the scammer into setting a new BIOS-password. And, again, the scammer doesn't write down what he just typed.
At 13:05, blue-screen of death. The "victim" talks the scammer through what to do next.
At 16:40, the scammer suddenly remembers that HE is the scammer who is supposed to pretend to be technical support.
At 16:50, the "victim" says that he's in the Dell Technical Support Department.
At 17:45, the scammer tries to restart his computer... but can't because the BIOS is locked.
At 18:00, the "victim" tells the scammer that his computer has been locked by all the hackers and that the "victim" can unlock the computer of the scammer if the scammer buys a Dell support plan. For 199 rupees ($3). Via Paypal.
At 21:00, the scammer has a nervous breakdown how this is the computer of his boss and that his boss will "fucking kill him".
At 21:50... "We are not fucking Microsoft! Whatever! Fuck you! Fuck you, you fucking fuck!" ... "Do you have any idea who you are fucking with?" ... "I will fucking destroy your fucking computer!" ... "Oh No, oh No." ... "This was server! This was server! This not computer! This was server!" ... "Do you know what you have done? Now no computers work!!!"
At 23:50, the "victim" tells the scammer to reinstall Windows on all computers. Btw, what company does he work for? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand the scammer breaks down and cries how he just wanted to feed his family.
If you have any pity for this guy, who simply wanted to provide for his family and whose idiocy has destroyed the IT-network of a mobster... Don't.
Scammers are a special kind of scum. They despise you, they hate you, they have no compunctions whatsoever about harming you. They have no conscience.
To them, you are not a person.
You are nothing but an obstacle between them and your money.
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Tech-support scammer gets hacked by victim, has nervous breakdown, freak-out, cries. (audio) (Original Post)
DetlefK
Sep 2018
OP
I certainly hope it's real! That made my day! I wish we could do this to all of them.
lindysalsagal
Sep 2018
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Renew Deal
(81,860 posts)1. People may also enjoy this podcast on the same general topic
thbobby
(1,474 posts)2. Great! Thank you so much
I am not sure this is not staged, but it doesn't matter. Great laugh on a Sunday Morning. I LOVE it!
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)3. I certainly hope it's real! That made my day! I wish we could do this to all of them.