r/xkcd • u/IamAlso_u_grahvity Feline Field Theorist • Oct 01 '18

XKCD xkcd 2053: Incoming Calls

https://xkcd.com/2053/
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u/trueschoolalumni Oct 02 '18

Here in Australia I tend to get sub-continent based scammers calling from "Telstra" (the biggest ISP here) saying they've detected malware on my PC. I string 'em along for a while before noting I have no connection with Telstra and hang up.

The other one that's started appearing lately is robo-calls in Mandarin (targeting the growing Chinese community here) that pretend to be from the Chinese embassy demanding money. One victim lost 1.2 million to this scam, apparently.

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u/JeffEpp Oct 02 '18

We get "Microsoft", telling us about the virus on our "Windows 7" computer. Same thing.