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Re: [OM] OT - Phising phone calls

Subject: Re: [OM] OT - Phising phone calls
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 15:19:19 +0100
And this:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/security/online-privacy/avoid-phone-scams.aspx


On 3 June 2014 15:12, Rand E <rtomcala@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A start ?
> try this   http://whocalled.us/lookup/5105109988
>
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> On 6/3/2014 8:48 AM, John Hudson wrote:
>
>> The home phone rang at breakfast time today.
>>
>> The phone display box showed the source number as :
>>
>> 1 - 510 - 510 - 9988
>>
>> The voice at the other end introduced himself as being from a Windows
>> Help Line and was calling because there were some "bad signals" coming from
>> my computer.
>>
>> When asked where he was calling from he said "Miami, Florida".
>>
>> When I told him that his number showed up as area code 510 and that area
>> code covered an inland area east of San Francisco, he responded with a
>> polite but mildly frustrated "ah but .......".
>>
>> He then asked if he was speaking to "Mr John Hudson" to which I gave no
>> response other than to say "....guess what, you are a piece of scum, good
>> by" and hung up.
>>
>> The educated sounding voice was that of a male maybe in his 20s and the
>> accent was a cross  between mild Spanish and  south Asian [India /
>> Pakistan].
>>
>> The same incoming phone number has shown up on my call display box for
>> the last few days at various hours.
>>
>> If anyone lives in area code 510 perhaps they could identify who has
>> number 510-510-9988.
>>
>> What's to be made of such bogus phone calls ?
>>
>> I keep my ESET security system up and running full time.
>>
>> jh
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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