i know embarrassingly little about current affairs
I shall perhaps buy a newspaper later and catch up

In other 'news' I just had a call from some dude (I get them every day) asking for someone who hasn't had this phone number in 3 years. Sounds like an Indian call centre. Anyway, I told him to take me off the list as I get these calls all the time and he said "no no no no no no no, I won't do that" and put the phone down. I'm already registered with TPS, what the fuck do I do now?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 12:48, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

If you've got the number he called from ring up the TPS and let them know.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 12:50, Reply)

i don't
perhaps next time I should pretend I am that woman and get more details
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 12:51, Reply)

TPS can't help with international calls.
we're on it, still get the guys pretending to be from Windows.
Gutted as they never ring when I'm in, I want to wind them up by using my Linux laptop and then getting all confused when they ask me to click on the Start button.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 12:55, Reply)

damn it

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 13:00, Reply)

The best thing to do with those guys is boot up a virtual machine
and log into the website they give you, they'll go AHAAA YOU NOW OWE US MONEY then you go AHA I can just close the VM. and they do a cry.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 13:03, Reply)

They ask you to go to a website then demand money from you?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 13:04, Reply)

Pretty much they say "I'm from microsoft and oh noes your windows is infected go to www.legitimate-website.org/honest to fix it."
then you go there and they say, "now just accept the download and the active x plugins" etc and then you're infected with a keylogger or something.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 13:06, Reply)

Ahh OK

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 13:07, Reply)

The ones I spoke to for over half an hour kept asking me to go to a logmein site
so that they could repair my computer remotely for me.
Luckily I was lying about having a computer in front of me.
Still I managed to get them to call back three times over the next week to keep trying.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 13:09, Reply)

yup, that's what they do..
know a couple of people who've been done over, E-mail accounts hacked etc. Not nice when all your contacts list inc vicar, school etc gets hardcore porn from you.....
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 13:18, Reply)

I'd have thought the vicar would be quite pleased about this

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 13:28, Reply)

Be a racist.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 13:24, Reply)