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From: frag on 18 Jul 2010 19:46
Hear Yea! Hear Yea!
On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:19:23 -0600, vulgarandmischevious writ...
>
> frag <news4(a)ukrm.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >Windows 7 "Virtual XP" mode is your friend for doing things like this.
> >
> >Download their exe in a virtual XP machine, run, annoy irrtitating plebs
> >for as long as you want, uninstall Virtual XP, reinstall, absolutely no
> >trace of their software and no danger that it can access anything on the
> >Win7 machine (so long as you turn off drive sharing, obv.)
>
> What a lot of effort, in comparison to hanging up the phone.

Well, yes.

But you can only hang up the phone if they call you.

You can bug them for hours and hours when you're bored at work doing it
my way.

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frag
From: RichardA on 19 Jul 2010 03:37
On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:50:17 +0100, R C Nesbit <spam(a)ukrm.net> wrote:

>Got a call today from an Indian chappie - 3rd in the past
>couple of weeks, *telling* me I has a problem with my PC,
>it was running slow and kept crashing.
>
Something like this..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres

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Richard

XJ900S
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From: R C Nesbit on 19 Jul 2010 05:15
RichardA spoke:
> >Got a call today from an Indian chappie - 3rd in the past
> >couple of weeks, *telling* me I has a problem with my PC,
> >it was running slow and kept crashing.
> >
> Something like this..
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres

That's the puppy! the very same!

I'm happy to have kept them off some unsuspecting punters back for half an
hour or so.

These people:
softwaresolution pvt ltd
Shyam Sonalia (romi.razy(a)yahoo.co.in)
54 munshi saddrudin lane
kolkata
west bengal,700007
IN
Tel. +91.9874425860

no longer claim to be MS certified partners.

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Rob_P
UKRM(at)indqualtec.co.uk
uppercase(d) BBIWYMC#1 BOG#11? MRO#31 IBCDBBB#1(kotl)
FJ1200, CCM130 Benelli Cabriolet (gone)
Looks like Rab C Nesbit.

From: Scraggy on 19 Jul 2010 05:24
Brownz <admin(a)brownz.org> wrote:

> How would I talk to Great Uncle Mbeki or my older brother Rajpaul
> then......

You'll need this special program installed for only �180.(1)

(1)We prefer Western Union. hth.


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members. Groucho Marx

"I own a BMW", Lozzo 18/07/10


From: ginge on 20 Jul 2010 10:10
On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:09:28 +0100, Mick Whittingham
<Mick(a)whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>I keep getting calls from BT telling me if I switched to them I could
>get 10meg download speed.

I had a call from BT telling me I could get 4-8meg, then a small
disagreement with them when I explained I already get 12, and they
told me I must be wrong.

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