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I hadn’t been receiving (answering the phone?) these calls in many months, but answered the phone just a few days ago, with some huckster trying to tell me my computer was in serious need of TLC. I had the time that day, so decided I would simply keep this person on the phone as long as possible. The instructions to go online, install Teamviewer and grant access to my laptop were excruciatingly long and slow (type the letter “a” kind of instructions), I got bored and helped my support person along, finally saying “Oh, hold on for just a sec, I’m almost done installing” & “It’s almost there,” and finally just saying “hold on” and walking away from the phone. When I returned to the phone, my friendly support technician had hung up.
I received a call from this phone number twice before in the preceding days. I have not received a call from them since. I know it’s not the most effective way of dealing with these types of scams, but if I can waste as much of their time as possible, while getting my “evil on” it works for me when I have the time.