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Michael Kohlman<p>Likely to be my favorite Cyber MSP Cold Call this week (although the week is young).</p><p>This email asking to schedule a call to discuss why they would be the best choice to outsource my Agency's Cyber-monitoring systems to contained 38 attachments, all with the same name, and all with no file extension.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ColdCalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColdCalls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IneptVendors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IneptVendors</span></a></p>
Michael Kohlman<p>Falling into the more annoying category of Cold Call BS today, I had an email from a Cybersecurity Sales "Executive", with the subject line "test", several image links (undownloaded as our Org policy is to block by default) referring back to their sales lead generation tool, and the individual's contact information.</p><p>Annoyance multiplied x2 because their focus is Cyber MSP.</p><p>It got a reaction of course, just not the one that their org may want...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Blocked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blocked</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ColdCalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColdCalls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a></p>
SofaFernsehFan<p><a href="https://swiss.social/tags/krankenkassen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>krankenkassen</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/werbeanrufe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>werbeanrufe</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/coldcalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coldcalls</span></a> </p><p>Kleiner Reminder: Bitte meldet Callcenteranrufe dem SECO. Es muss den Callcentern mehr Schmerzen als Nutzen verursachen, sonst hört das nie auf.</p><p><a href="https://www.seco.admin.ch/seco/de/home/Werbe_Geschaeftsmethoden/Unlauterer_Wettbewerb/Beschwerde_melden/Antwort_beschwerdeformular.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">seco.admin.ch/seco/de/home/Wer</span><span class="invisible">be_Geschaeftsmethoden/Unlauterer_Wettbewerb/Beschwerde_melden/Antwort_beschwerdeformular.html</span></a></p>
Michael Paulino<p>got on the phone with the parent corporate headquarters for art forum . I explained a brief idea I had about a story I am working on , and the lady told me “That’s not how this works “<br> I heard that one before. <br>Universe music studios was way nicer <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coldcalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coldcalls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/siliconvalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>siliconvalley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ibm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artbasel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artbasel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/penske" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>penske</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pmcmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pmcmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artforum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artforum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
Paul H<p>Just been called by someone claiming to be from "Three" (the phone network) - who knew that Three operated from Skegness? - </p><p>Them: This is xxxxxx calling from Three<br>Me: No, you're not!<br>Them: &lt;Hangs up&gt;</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ColdCalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColdCalls</span></a> #01754811129</p>
I see Dud people!<p>I've just had a cold call from a double glazing firm. On my landline. Saying they understand I'm the homeowner. For all this info they seem to get, it's not very accurate, is it? <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ColdCalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColdCalls</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spam</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Databrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Databrokers</span></a></p>
chef 😎<p>Does anybody like these kinds of calls? 😤📳📞😆</p><p><a href="https://social.cologne/tags/coldcalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coldcalls</span></a> <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/phonespam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonespam</span></a> <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/dadjokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dadjokes</span></a></p>
Paul - Grumpy Old Man<p>Two <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/spamcalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spamcalls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/coldcalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coldcalls</span></a> within a minute.<br>#01615245586 -Silent but with "call centre background audio"<br>#02475225428 "Ken from Three"</p>