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It is disturbing to see videos of Indian tech support scammers still appearing on youtube and in all of them, they get outsmarted and start swearing. It is still going on after i started watching videos of this in 2008. I had got one a couple of years ago. I was wondering, have u guys ever got called by these scammers and what did u do/how was the call?

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It is disturbing to see videos of Indian tech support scammers still appearing on youtube and in all of them, they get outsmarted and start swearing. It is still going on after i started watching videos of this in 2008. I had got one a couple of years ago. I was wondering, have u guys ever got called by these scammers and what did u do/how was the call?

No, never had it.

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It is disturbing to see videos of Indian tech support scammers still appearing on youtube and in all of them, they get outsmarted and start swearing. It is still going on after i started watching videos of this in 2008. I had got one a couple of years ago. I was wondering, have u guys ever got called by these scammers and what did u do/how was the call?

Never happened to me, that I can remember!

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I haven't had any. One time some random 800 number (advertisement) called, and I just kept acting like I didn't hear them (by asking "hello?" multiple times). They kept repeating the exact same thing in the exact same way until they got frustrated and hung up. 

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I did have a guy start swearing at me once i said i wasn't interested in what they are selling.Not tech support scammers though.

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