[A short report of a minor event several days ago]
Brrriiinnnggg! Brrriiinnnggg!
Brrriiinnnggg! Brrriiinnnggg!
Not a number I recognize. I don't answer these.
Brrriiinnnggg! Brrriiinnnggg!
I'll let the answering machine get it.
Brrriiinnnggg! Brrriiinnnggg!
"Hello?"
"
Hello. I need to inform you that your computer is not responding to Microsoft security protocols." (I'm paraphrasing.)
"Oh. That doesn't surprise me because I'm running a Linux operating system, not Microsoft."
"
Sorry; I must have a wrong number." *
Click*
It's nice when the scam is blatantly transparent.
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My dog
mastered the "fetch" command. He would communicate he wanted something, and I would fetch it.