SCAM WARNING! Calls about your computer
April 17, 2010 by wfr.editor
Filed under Village News
A few minutes ago I received a call from someone who claimed to be calling from Microsoft. She said they had detected problems on my computer with some downloaded files that were slowing down my computer. She told me they needed me to go to their troubleshooting website and that once they determined the extent of the problem they would hand me over to a Microsoft certified engineer. “Are you in front of your computer now?” she asked. “Yes” I said. “Then let me give you …” I interrupted to ask again: “Did you say you work for Microsoft”. “Yes” she replied.
Then I lied: “I work for Microsoft, too, and I’m not aware of any problems.”
“Excuse me,sir?” she responded with a degree of surprise and alarm in her voice.
I got half way to repeating my lie when she abruptly hung up!
BEWARE! Do not fall for this apparent scam. Warn others. And report back to the HI Courier website any similar experiences.
- Ken, editor
