We get many fewer unsolicited calls in Canada, but they are so much more interesting. My recent favorites are from Thomas who called last week and then again today.
Thomas purports to be from the “International Security Department of Windows”. He asserts that my “Windows computer” has been compromised by hackers and I am generating spam and that he will help me solve the problem. Quite insistently.
English is not Thomas’s first language, so I was much too direct. I said I did not have a Windows computer. He said I did. I said I didn’t and hung up.
Imagine my surprise at being called back today. (Why continue to robo-dial people that listen briefly then just hang up? I suppose that I didn’t hang up with enough vigor.) Tonight I engaged more thoroughly, though it was brief. Same initial pitch. So I ask “Thomas, who do you work for?” “Windows” “Thomas, Windows isn’t a company.” “I work for Windows.” “Thomas, who makes Windows?” [silence] “Thomas, what is my IP number?” [silence] Damn, Thomas hung up on me!
Beware of Thomas. I think he is FoS.
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