Let’s Go On A Journey Around The World

I work in a very diverse office in the USA. One day, [German Colleague] comes out of his office holding his muted cell phone over his head.

German Colleague: “I have a scammer!”

Several colleagues step up. We gather around and my German colleague takes his phone off mute.

German Colleague: “Are you still there?”

He hands his phone to a man from India.

Scammer: “Yes, sir, I am here. Are you there?

Indian Colleague: “Yes, hello? I am here.”

He passes it to me, a woman with a thick southern US accent.

Scammer: *Hesitant* “Uh, have you restarted your computer?”

Me: “It’s still loading. What did you say the problem was?”

I pass the phone to my male Dutch colleague.

Scammer: “I am calling from Microsoft. You have malware.”

Dutch Colleague: “Oh, no. How did you find it?”

He passes the phone to a Hispanic woman.

Scammer: “Is this the same person I was speaking to?”

Hispanic Colleague: “Of course. What am I doing?”

The phone goes back to the German colleague

Scammer: “I don’t… Uh, click the start button.”

German Colleague: “Oops, it’s a Mac. No scamming for you!”

The scammer ended the call.