I got a fake call from microsoft -beware of scam

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Reesa

Thu, Feb 21 2013, 5:28 pm

I just got a call from a guy posing as a microsoft rep informing me that I have viruses and hackers on my computer being reported to them through error messages and he is going to walk me through getting rid of them! Luckily I realized that he is a hacker and later confirmed online that this is a common scam. Just letting everyone know to beware!!

hbf

Thu, Feb 21 2013, 7:51 pm

then they promise to sort it out by making u pay a fee to download their scanning and error system

5S5Sr7z3

Thu, Feb 21 2013, 8:02 pm

I once got a call from my credit card company that sounded a bit off to me, so I hung up on them and called the 800 number on my card. The guy that answered had a chuckle about it, but said it was the right thing to do (The call was actually legit...)

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