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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have Nomorobo on both my home and cell lines. That takes care of most of the calls.[/quote]

Yep, I was coming to post that.  I found NoMoRoBo from DCUM about 3 years ago and it's been wonderful.  My wife teleworks 4 days a week and she says that it has cut us back from about 10-12 calls a day to about 1-2 a week.  She can handle that.  And every now and then we actually get a real number on the caller ID and I can go on-line and blacklist the number to make the system better.  Definitely worth it.

But just before we got NoMoRoBo in late 2014, I posted on FB about this spam call:

[quote]I wish I could remember who posted something similar to this because I really have to thank them (was it XXX, YYY or ZZZ??)
So I got a call from (some unintelligible Indian name) calling from "Microsoft Technical Support".
Scammer: We have identified some security issues with your Windows 7 machine.
Me: Really? How interesting. We only have Linux and Mac systems in our house. How did you get this informaiton? (not true, but how would he know?)
Scammer: Wait, you only have Mac systems in your house?
Me: and Linux.
Scammer: [blank pause of about 10 seconds] Oh, uh, only Mac? Well, um, we have your CLS code. That's your Computer License Security code and it tells us that your first name is <John> and your last name is <Doe>. Is this correct?
Me: Yes, that is my name.
Scammer: And it says that you have a Windows security issue. You only have Macs?
Me: Yes. So, I'm curious how you can get that information when we don't have any Windows systems in our house. Are you sure you have the right person? Why do you think we have Windows machines?
Scammer: Oh, um, I'm sorry to have taken your time.
**click**
That was a lot of fun. I really need to know who posted the original, longer conversation, because it was worth it to FINALLY have fun scamming a scammer.[/quote][/quote]

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