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Just got a call from Microsoft. (Original Post) Kingofalldems Jul 2020 OP
Just hook them up with that guy from Social Security leftieNanner Jul 2020 #1
No, not anymore, now you have to call the 'your car warranty is about to expire' guys! 🤪 MLAA Jul 2020 #6
Oh You're Right!! leftieNanner Jul 2020 #10
Give me your social security number and I will check for you MLAA Jul 2020 #11
Don't you also want leftieNanner Jul 2020 #14
Lol! MLAA Jul 2020 #16
They hung up on me when I asked about a warranty on my 99 Suburban csziggy Jul 2020 #21
Bummer! MLAA Jul 2020 #23
I know to fix that because it happened to me. Mike 03 Jul 2020 #2
And SS number! Kingofalldems Jul 2020 #3
I got that call a few years ago. safeinOhio Jul 2020 #4
I did that too (I played the old lady card.) They told me I had a pc and I didn't fierywoman Jul 2020 #9
Apple called me the other day to warn about suspicious activity on my iCloud account csziggy Jul 2020 #22
I strung him along for like an hour. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2020 #29
Do people ever get a call from Linus? n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2020 #5
NO but Schroeder tried to sell me piano lessons once. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #26
I live in Redmond WA, where every other person is a Microsoft techie. They fierywoman Jul 2020 #7
A friend of my daughter's - when she was in elementary school leftieNanner Jul 2020 #12
i'll soon be able to pay for your license, i just inherited a ton of gold from a nigerian prince! unblock Jul 2020 #8
The guy with the Lamborghini? unc70 Jul 2020 #13
Just go to Best Buy and ask for a MS Disconnect Cheater Plug to fix that issue. KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2020 #15
Just wait a moment, sir RandiFan1290 Jul 2020 #17
You too 😘 GeorgeGist Jul 2020 #18
I got a "Grandpa" scam call today jmowreader Jul 2020 #19
I can help you out SCantiGOP Jul 2020 #20
I got one of those JustGene Jul 2020 #24
Kick for PSA! yardwork Jul 2020 #25
My warrenty got cancelled today..About an hour ago..on a 2014 car.(I had no warrenty) Stuart G Jul 2020 #27
I got a fakey from Publisher's Clearing House Wolf Frankula Jul 2020 #28

leftieNanner

(15,135 posts)
1. Just hook them up with that guy from Social Security
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 02:05 PM
Jul 2020

who is calling you every day to accuse you of tax fraud.

They can hash it out.

leftieNanner

(15,135 posts)
10. Oh You're Right!!
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 02:24 PM
Jul 2020

I forgot to call them back - do you think my 1990 Volvo station wagon's warranty is expired yet?

MLAA

(17,302 posts)
11. Give me your social security number and I will check for you
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 02:26 PM
Jul 2020

when I call them about my 97 Lexus 🤪🤪😬😬😬😷😷😷

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
21. They hung up on me when I asked about a warranty on my 99 Suburban
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 10:44 PM
Jul 2020

So they probably won't be of any help...

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
2. I know to fix that because it happened to me.
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 02:06 PM
Jul 2020

You give the guy on the other end of the line your credit card number.

All fixed!

safeinOhio

(32,702 posts)
4. I got that call a few years ago.
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 02:09 PM
Jul 2020

I tried to sound concerned. Then after I was sitting at my computer and listening to instructions on what keys to push, I said I don't have that key, I have an Apple computer. He hung up on me. Imagine that.

fierywoman

(7,686 posts)
9. I did that too (I played the old lady card.) They told me I had a pc and I didn't
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 02:22 PM
Jul 2020

want to hurt their feelings and tell them I had a mac. I chit-chatted bs and extended the friendly conversation. When I couldn't find the key, I said, "But you TOLD me I had MS software!"

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
22. Apple called me the other day to warn about suspicious activity on my iCloud account
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 10:46 PM
Jul 2020

I've never had an iCloud account and haven't owned an Apple product since 1987, so I didn't return their call.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,330 posts)
29. I strung him along for like an hour.
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 08:00 PM
Jul 2020

I kept “rebooting” the computer. I would put the phone down and do a chore come back.

Should I reboot again? No no don’t reboot! Oops I already rebooted. Please wait.

I figured he was on to me when he said he would have to call me back. He called me back and I told him the I just threw the computer in the garbage. He told me my phone lines were infected so that wouldn’t help.

fierywoman

(7,686 posts)
7. I live in Redmond WA, where every other person is a Microsoft techie. They
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 02:20 PM
Jul 2020

like to take these calls and dissect the caller, like pulling the legs -- and then the wings -- off of a bug. One was very high up in MS security dept -- you can imagine, and now laugh !

leftieNanner

(15,135 posts)
12. A friend of my daughter's - when she was in elementary school
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 02:27 PM
Jul 2020

knew that these calls were bogus, so she would tell the scam caller that she would go get her mom - and then she would just put the phone down and leave it off the hook for ten minutes or so.

It didn't get rid of them, but it sure slowed them down.

I always liked that girl!

unblock

(52,272 posts)
8. i'll soon be able to pay for your license, i just inherited a ton of gold from a nigerian prince!
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 02:20 PM
Jul 2020

it's all mine as soon as i wire the finder's fee....

unc70

(6,115 posts)
13. The guy with the Lamborghini?
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 02:28 PM
Jul 2020

He just got busted for money laundering. Feds seized his cars, etc. and over $40 million in cash. Hope they didn't get your gold.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
15. Just go to Best Buy and ask for a MS Disconnect Cheater Plug to fix that issue.
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 02:40 PM
Jul 2020

Their service desk will hook you right up.........

jmowreader

(50,561 posts)
19. I got a "Grandpa" scam call today
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 06:34 PM
Jul 2020

"Hi Grandpa. I'm in Mexico. I got arrested on drug charges and I need $5000 for bail or they'll put me in prison and I'll get killed."

"Oh good. I could tell you were a little piece of shit the second I laid eyes on you, and maybe getting the shit kicked out of you by a Mexican gang lord will get you to finally pull your head out of your fucking ass. Don't call here again."

SCantiGOP

(13,871 posts)
20. I can help you out
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 06:54 PM
Jul 2020

as soon as I get that $27 million the Nigerian prince has promised to put in my account.

Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
27. My warrenty got cancelled today..About an hour ago..on a 2014 car.(I had no warrenty)
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 05:26 PM
Jul 2020

I got that call today too...

Wolf Frankula

(3,601 posts)
28. I got a fakey from Publisher's Clearing House
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 07:41 PM
Jul 2020

They said I had won the big prize, and a Mercedes Benz which they had delivered the day before. I hadn't even entered the sweepstakes and needless to say there was no car. I hung up. (Nope No Papa Slurpy's Pizza for Dogs) PCH says if you won 5 thousand or less, they just mail you the check. If it's more, they come to your door. They NEVER call.

Wolf

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