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I played with those guys quite a bit when they called me and told me they were from Microsoft and my PC had contacted them that it was infected and having problems. Lead them on quite a bit asking how my PC could contact them and how. They said it was built into the operating system. I said wow, that is really amazing that my Apple Macintosh would contact Microsoft about having a problem and hung up.
when these donuts called me, the conversation went like this:

hi, this raj from microsoft.

hi. (i'd been expecting this call, as i'd had a couple of missed calls from a phone number that i googled and found to be listed as part of the scam.)

your computer has sent us messages that it has a virus.

oh, well, i put the virus on my computer myself.

you did?

why, yes, i am performing an experiment.

uh....

do you need help with your computer? i am quite expert at performing over the phone repairs for random strangers.
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uh.....click.

i laughed good and long.
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