Recording of Recently Shut-Down Telemarketers In Action

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Recording of Recently Shut-Down Telemarketers In Action

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 4, 2012 @07:58AM from the canadians-are-so-polite dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Just yesterday, the FTC, in conjunction with other government agencies, shut down an international telemarketing scam. A recent video has surfaced showing them in action, trying to scam one of the principals of a Canadian web start-up. Watch the scammers lie through their teeth to convince their 'victim' that he needs to buy a lifetime subscription to their anti-virus product."

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Re:Bad video by Cinder6 · 2012-10-04 08:07 · Score: 5, Funny

I got a couple calls from these guys. I couldn't understand them then, either.

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Re:One question: by click2005 · 2012-10-04 08:08 · Score: 3, Funny

The phone conversation's lifetime.

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Forwarding to my mom by AttyBobDobalina · 2012-10-04 08:14 · Score: 5, Funny

I get forwarded so many *fake* scamming stories from my mom...now I get to create an e-mail from a real one. Thanks, Slashdot! My mom appreciates it.
Collateral Damage by badford · 2012-10-04 08:25 · Score: 5, Funny

This will hurt all of the legitimate anti-virus telemarketers out there as well as a many a wayward Nigerian prince. Perhaps an elaboration is due. You see I am a representative of the late Nigerian Head of State, General Arbach Jamani who died on 12th August 2003, I have been tasked to distribute the excess revenue from precious metal mining that the lord, bathsheba, has blessed our coffers with...

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1. Re:Collateral Damage by 91degrees · 2012-10-04 08:46 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  You're clearly lying. I know because I've been in contact with the representative of the real Nigerian head of state, regarding the transfer of $20,000,000 (TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS) and he said you;re the scammer.
2. Re:Collateral Damage by MysteriousPreacher · 2012-10-04 12:01 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Not as quickly as HP does.
  
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Re:No Protection? by wierd_w · 2012-10-04 08:32 · Score: 3, Funny

Haven't you heard about the dangerous su, sh, and dd viruses!?
Why, I hear that if you get all three, they can nuke your whole box!
(LOL!)
Re:Bad video by Cinder6 · 2012-10-04 08:51 · Score: 4, Funny

I was amused at the way they identified themselves to me: "Microsoft Malicious Software Department". Yeah, I'm posting on Slashdot, but even I was surprised that Microsoft is so transparent about selling malware...

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Watching scumbags lie? by Hatta · 2012-10-04 08:51 · Score: 5, Funny

No thanks, I got enough of that last night.

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Re:All telemarketers are scammers by bobcat7677 · 2012-10-04 08:52 · Score: 3, Funny

My parents.
Re:All telemarketers are scammers by sycodon · 2012-10-04 09:00 · Score: 4, Funny

The lifetime subscription?
I guess my Mom would have too if I hadn't stopped her.
My ex did. I didn't stop her. :-)

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Scumbags by kstatefan40 · 2012-10-04 09:14 · Score: 5, Funny

These guys were targeting primarily older users. They called my parents at least 5 times telling them they could tell there were viruses on their machine and that if they didn't pay the fee, the computer would stop working. My mother asked me what she should do, and I told her to get a contact number so she could forward to the Kansas Attorney General.
Phone call went like this:
"Can I get your number so I can send it to the Kansas Attorney General for investigation?"
"What?"
"I need your number so I can send it to the AG."
[someone in the background] "HANG UP! HANG UP NOW!"
Never called back. Problem solved.