Does Apple call to tell you someone is trying to hack your cloud? I just hung up on whomever it was.

[onecaliberal]

[brooklynite]

1. Um, no?

Neither does Microsoft. Or Lenovo. Or Dell. Or HP. Tech doesn't work like that.

[solara]

2. I got a call like that and I believe you did the right thing

When I told the guy "from Apple" who called me [to warn me that someone was trying to hack my cloud] that I don't even use the cloud, that it is not even open on my computer ..he stammered something and began his spiel again so I told him again.. and he hung up on me.

Just saying'

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Let me look into that for you. What's your credit card number? NT

[Hekate]

4. "Hello Miss Hekate. This is Bill Jones and your System has been hacked." Heavy Indian accent...

...Sound of many others in background... Naming a system I don't possess...

Ah no. Hang up without responding.

[DonaldsRump]

5. Probably a fraud. Next time, just tell the caller

...that you've noted down their name, phone number (from caller ID, but probably being spoofed) and presumably email addresses or websites where they want you to process payment and will be forwarding all of this to investigative authorities like the FBI and comparable state agencies.

If you're really good at tech, there are a ton of videos on how to hit back at the fraudsters like this one:

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[onecaliberal]

6. Nice, thank you.

[Renew Deal]

7. No. It's a scam

Disconnect your phone for half a day and it might go away.

[Squinch]

10. Really? Does that work? I get 4 or 5 scam calls a day. It depresses me that there are

so many scummy people out there doing that.

[fierywoman]

8. They are geeks. They prefer non human-to-human interactions. Therefore they email or text.

(No insult meant to geeks on DU!)

[lunatica]

9. The cloud is not a personal thing each person has

It’s a virtual supersafe where everyone can upload their data. The scammers just want your passwords which you never give to anybody.

[tanyev]

11. I Rickroll them.

I've got a link to the Rick Astley song on my desktop and I play along with them long enough to launch the video and crank up the volume. Just when they think they've got a live one, Bam! "Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down..." By the time the video is over, they have hung up on me.