Actually, almost all the published videos *stop* at the paypal form point, as did this malwarebytes researcher did also:
I can't find a *single* video that actually allows valid information to be entered into the paypal form, so, we don't really know (other than from the US Government Sting Operation previously noted) what they do
*after* that.Of course, none of us would be willing to get to that level of understanding ...
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I haven't tried this yet (I get very few unwanted calls, for some reason), but I have heard that if you record the "out of service" error tone at the beginning of your outgoing message, auto-diallers will recognize it & often delete your number from their list.
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That has been talked about and appears to be somewhat effective.
They may be on to that trick by now, after all this has been available since around 2005.
Wikipedia has a number of tones recorded that may be fun to play with:
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Here's a neat quiz to give a location by words you use. Only good in the US though. I bet the government is developing such a program for homeland security.
I took it and it said I was probably from Grand Rapids, Detroit or Toledo. Darn close to Kalamazoo Mi., where I was born and lived for about 40 years. Apparently I didn't loose my native speech even though I have lived in Florida for 20 years.
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It is a zero frills landline service for the disabled or senior citizens to have access to medical help. They remove the federal taxes, in exchange for giving you basic service at a low price.
-- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
Tell them they were cleaned last week, by their company. Then ask just how bad is their workmanship.
-- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
An hour and eight minutes of a guy messing with a fake support site, until his throw away cell phone fails:
-- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
Well, I guess they have 3 or 4 choices:
Interesting, thanks.
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This was published today, where they had the scammers on for two hours, and it was *exactly* the same script used on me earlier this week!
I suspect this scam is going to hit most of you, so, be ready with the Virtual Machine, and the recorder (or just hang up, depending on your investigative personality quotient).
Interestingm but it listed Madison and Milwaukee WI and Rockford IL. I've been through all three, which is about as close as I've gotten.
They have never been on the line more than five minutes before they curse me out, and hang up. :)
-- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
I think you have to string them along for a while. If you just hang up they seem to call back, unless there are thousands of freelance scammers with the same script.
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How about the old low tech method for harassing phone calls?
Talk low so you know the person has the phone tightly clenched to his ear... pull out a loud police whistle and.... That's all folks!
Reminds me of Jury duty. Within one or two questions, I always get "Juror number 7, you are excused"...
I saw that one, but also in Sweden, Caller ID is typically not included in the basic landline: you have to pay a few bucks a month to get that. Is that not possible on this type of landlines (for which there is no equivalent in Sweden)?
No. If you want frills, you have to pay full price for basic service first.
-- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
The last time I was summoned for jury duty I never made it past the registration point. The open wounds on my legs scared the crap out of them.
-- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
OK.
Here's how to get out of jury duty:
"I'm an intellectual. I read non-fiction, and carefully consider what I'm reading. I will listen carefully to all the evidence, and make a careful, considered judgment, with the least prejudice possible."
You'll be rejected in a microsecond -- nay a nanosecond.
The results said I was from Philadelphia or the NYC area though I haven't lived in the Philly area for over 45 years.
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