Roger Anderson, a telecom professional programmer built a robot that calls, distracts, wastes time of support scams. So hillarious.
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Have you ever been online when a window pops up saying your computer has a virus and urges you to call Microsoft Support (or maybe Apple Support) at the number provided?
That's a support scam, Microsoft says, and it's really trying to trick you into downloading malware, or handing over your credit card info - or both.
And now one telecom programmer professional has come up with a brilliant, and hilarious, way to take these scammers offline, and possibly, put 'em out of business for good.
Roger Anderson, a telecom consultant and owner of The jolly Roger Telephone company, built an army of human-sounding phone bots that stops telemarketers from harassing homes or business. It's not his main gig, he makes his living as a consultant designing telecom systems.
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Have you ever been online when a window pops up saying your computer has a virus and urges you to call Microsoft Support (or maybe Apple Support) at the number provided?
That's a support scam, Microsoft says, and it's really trying to trick you into downloading malware, or handing over your credit card info - or both.
And now one telecom programmer professional has come up with a brilliant, and hilarious, way to take these scammers offline, and possibly, put 'em out of business for good.
Roger Anderson, a telecom consultant and owner of The jolly Roger Telephone company, built an army of human-sounding phone bots that stops telemarketers from harassing homes or business. It's not his main gig, he makes his living as a consultant designing telecom systems.
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