About a year ago, my girlfriend frantically called me at work and said that Microsoft had called our number to inform us that my computer had been hacked and also that it had a nasty virus which was being spread around our Internet provider's network. She told the caller to allow her some time to check with me to see if I knew anything about it, and asked that the caller call back in a couple of hours. I told her that the whole thing was bogus, asked her to get some contact information, and told her to do her best to intimidate and/or embarrass the hell out of them. Well, when they called back, she asked for the Internet provider's network information and they said that we were with A T and T, whereupon she told them that we knew that what they were doing was B.S., that we were with another provider and told them, not so politely to go copulate with themselves. Though we got a good laugh out of it, it served as a good object lesson that those who are unwary and not so tech-savvy need to be really, really careful about letting scammers work on their machines, potentially wreaking havoc and extracting considerable sums of money from them in the process.
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> On Jun 17, 2015, at 8:13 PM, Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Not only just say "no" but if you be really nasty about it, they might just get the message. A while back, I got such a call and was nasty about it and haven't gotten another one since.
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>> On Jun 17, 2015, at 11:03 PM, Ann <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> I echo Julie's advice: this is a scam run run like the wind hang up on them they are not from Microsoft they are in a boiler room somewhere trying to get access to your computer and some people probably do fall for this arouse they wouldn't keep calling just hang up just say no!
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>>> On Jun 17, 2015, at 9:57 PM, Julie A Adkins <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> This is definitely a scam. Please do not talk to these people.
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>>> Julie Adkins
>>> Assistive Technology Trainer
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>>>> On Jun 17, 2015, at 9:42 PM, peter altschul <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>> Hi:
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>>>> My wife and I have received three phone calls from people identifying themselves as Microsoft employees telling us that our computer is sending error messages and that our security has been compromised - that a third party is using our network for nefarious purposes. They have offered to assist us to solve the problem by giving us step-by-step instructions as we sit by the computer. My stepson admits to torrenting music, books, and movies, and has been suspicious that we are being hacked. My wife and I sense that these calls are suspicious, and wonder what you-all think about this.
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>>>> Thanks, Peter
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