maybe we should do that but really fix their computers! :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: > I think the scamers are just playing the ods, and they know the likehood > of someone at home having a windows computer that isn't running quite right > is very high. After that, all they have to do is sound like they know what > they are talking about and they can't get people to do just about anything. > It's a lot like the study someone did where they found that people were > much more likely to inflict pain on someone else if someone in a lab coat > tells them to. > > That also makes me think about a scandal that happened about a decade ago > where a motherboard manufacturer was caught selling motherboards that they > know would cause crashes, and they almost got away with it too since > everyone just attributed the crashes to windows, since it tended to do that > anyway. > > It's just going after the low hanging fruit... > > Brian Cluff > > On 01/09/2013 04:28 PM, Derek Trotter wrote: > >> I guess they're counting on people too stupid to know the difference. >> >> >> On 01/09/2013 02:17 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >>> I wish these people would think their scam throug.... Why would thr >>> transportstion security administration (or tourism and sports >>> authority) care if your computer was running slow? >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 1:44 PM, keith smith >> **> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I just received a phone call where the caller ID said "private >>> caller" The guy sounded like he was from India. He said he was >>> from TSA and they had received an online report that my computer >>> was running slow. When I asked how I could contact them he hung up. >>> >>> Clearly a scam. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------ >>> Keith Smith >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >>> >>> > >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list -PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> -- >> "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if >> I’m not there, I carry on as usual." >> >> Patrick Moore >> >> >> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >