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Jeff and all:
I have received such calls and have hung up on the callers in the past. My rule of thumb is that if I'm having any security issues, then I will initiate the call and not the other way around. The only exception to this rule that I might possibly make is if there are widely publicized news reports stating that Microsoft technical staff is calling end-users about a security issue that has developed, and even then, especially because of the screenreader software that is installed, I would be very suspicious about doing it.
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Ted Chittenden
Every story has at least two sides if not more.
---- Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Well, that's not always easy when you get calls from places you frequent for
appointments and meetings and you get a generic number. I was saying to
Steve off the list that the person sounded like he was from a far away land,
and not to sound prejudice or anything but that was one clue. Another one
is that when I got this computer I didn't have the phone number I have now.
It was just what I needed after today, enough said about my day!
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Poehlman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Windows Security/
>I make it a point not to anser unless I'm sure I recognize and want to take
> the call.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 6:07 PM
> Subject: [VICUG-L] Windows Security/
>
>
> Hi everyone, I just got an unsolicited call a few minutes ago from someone
> claiming to be form Windows Security. It sounded like a telemarketer and
> I
> gave him a few choice words and hung up. Anyone else received any calls
> like this? On my caller ID it showed just a few numbers and not enough to
> be a valid phone number.
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