• @hakunawazo
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    85 hours ago

    For me it was always Microsoft support service. With a very bad accent some guy told me I have a virus and just have to look how many entries are in my event log for proof.
    As I didn’t immediately ended conversation to see where it goes, I was handed to another support guy who told me I have to download their expensive anti-virus tool and need to pay by credit card.
    Somehow I was kicked out of the line without warning as I was probably considered too stupid to follow their orders.
    At least I kept two of them busy for about 20 minutes so they couldn’t scam other people at the same time.

    • @[email protected]
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      24 hours ago

      At least I kept two of them busy for about 20 minutes so they couldn’t scam other people at the same time

      They will scam other people anyway, just 20 minutes later.

      • @Snazz
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        33 hours ago

        Do the scammers really decide to work more hours to make up for people wasting their time?

        • @hakunawazo
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          22 hours ago

          It depends on overtime payment and team building measures like always. And as it’s already illegal why not a threat or two to increase performance. Not layoff level, but concrete shoes level.