How come these people keep calling saying that they work for Windows Tech department ? Don't they know by now that 99.9% of people know it's a scam ?

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Stormy-Lynn Calvert Profile

Hello, sir. This is Window's tech support. Our records show that your pc may have contracted a dangerous virus. For a small fee of $100, your home address, and your first born son, we can rid your system of this virus.

Tom  Jackson Profile
Tom Jackson answered

    The UNICEF estimates that an average of 353,000 babies are
    born each day around the world.

    I guess they figure that there are still a lot of suckers with computers around.


Maurice Korvo Profile
Maurice Korvo answered

Its that 0.1% that they are looking for and cashing in on.  400 million in the USA, that leaves 400,000 suckers who will believe them.  They actually called us, asking for the father in law, who passed away in the 90's.  I gave them his new address.  LOL

Jann Nikka Profile
Jann Nikka answered

If they get one person a day to give them a $199.99 fee. That's $1400 a week. $5600 a month and $67,200 probably tax free a year and you can move from location to location with virtual no overhead or penalty. 

Where do I sign up to call you. Lol

Didge Doo Profile
Didge Doo answered

Jan is right. That 0.1% is still a worthwhile revenue stream.

A couple of years ago an elderly acquaintance rang me about one of these scammers. I explained the scam to her and told her to forget it. A few days later she admitted that, even after learning that, she had given them $70 "just to be on the safe side".

There's no limit to the silliness generated by fear -- and not everybody who uses the Internet is very knowledgeable about it.

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Jann Nikka
Jann Nikka commented
She always let me know she knows smarter than I will ever be. I say nothing. Just listen to her foolishness.
Didge Doo
Didge Doo commented
I think it was Josh Billings who said, "Silence is the hardest argument to refute." I don't encourage such people, either.
Jann Nikka
Jann Nikka commented
Yep

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