False Printers support from India
https://www.icosstech.com/printersupport/connect-printer.html
Fake charging, Fake Executives
@jimsom#135655 I love calling these guys late at night when they are not used to getting calls! I know it’s like 12 hours difference over there, but it still sounds like I woke his ass up from a really good snooze.
The number off the web site for the printer support is: 1-855-222-1622
So I call it up and ask for "Bobby". He tells me it's the wrong number. I repeat the number correctly, and his answer is "No maam, this is a COVID-19 help line".
So I wait about 10 minutes, and call back. In a different voice: "Hello, is this the COVID-19 help line?".
"NO - This is Pizza Hut". Too funny, so I went with it - "OH, can I order a Pizza?". They responded "No, we are closed due to the COVID virus". I laughed a bit and inquired "Well, that doesn't make sense - why are you there answering the phone then if you are closed?". Quick on his feet, he answered "So we can inform our customers that we are closed!". Told him that made perfect sense, thanked him and hung up :)
@Otis#135673 They have their number forwarded to some insurance company now. I went on their ‘chat’ and got someone who said they could definitely fix my IBM 1403 printer, but it would be $149.99 just for coming out to look at it. I doubt they did any kind of research before claiming they could fix it, as the IBM 1403 was a high-speed (1100 LPM) band (chain) printer introduced back in 1959, and due to it’s proprietary connection, only able to be run by a handfull of old mainframe type computers (IBM 1401, System 3, System 36, etc…). Mine of course is hooked up to an IBM System/3 Model 15D (512K of memory, woo-hoo!!), which is why I couldn’t “restart the computer” when he offered that as his first “fix” for the problem! It also weighs a few thousand pounds, which is why I was unable to take it to a local store to be fixed, which was his second “fix” for the problem <grin>