Posted by 101livescan on 11/15/13 9:29am Msg #492884
Microsoft Scam in San Luis Obispo County reported
11/14/2013
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. - The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department is warning of an alleged Microsoft scam going on.
A South County woman told authorities after someone called her, claiming to be from Microsoft. That person claimed her computer had viruses and asked for her personal information. Luckily, she did not divulge her information and did not fall victim to it.
Central Coast News spoke to a Santa Maria, CA woman back in May who had a similar experience.
Authorities warn that Microsoft will not call you for this type of transaction.
This could happen any where. BEWARE!
Have an awesome day everyone!
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Reply by Linda_H/FL on 11/15/13 9:39am Msg #492888
I've heard of a lot of people nationwide that have
received that call - unfortunately some still fall for it.
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Reply by Notary On The Go on 11/15/13 10:36am Msg #492901
This same scam hit several personal friends of mine
some were elderly or technically challenged as I am and fell pray
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Reply by Shoshana/AZ on 11/15/13 11:22am Msg #492911
I got the call 10 days ago. Hung up on them. n/m
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Reply by Doris_CO on 11/15/13 11:44am Msg #492916
I get a call about once a month from some asian or middle eastern sounding person claiming to be connected to Microsoft and wanting to connect to my computer to "fix" it. I used to be polite and tell them I was hanging up, now I just hang up.
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Reply by PA_Notary_II on 11/15/13 1:22pm Msg #492926
I got the same call...
When the guy said they found a virus on my computer I told him that's funny....I don't own a computer....he hung up.
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Reply by Darlin_AL on 11/15/13 1:36pm Msg #492928
Common junk call: just yell "scumbag" & hang up n/m
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Reply by KimmyMD on 11/15/13 2:57pm Msg #492937
Just got this call. He said he was from windows and my computer was sending error messages. I asked again who this was and from where are. You calling from. He spoke poor broken english. Scary for people who don't know better. He knew my last name and IP address. I hung up on him. Be ware of simular versions of these stories
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Reply by notarydi/CA on 11/15/13 7:40pm Msg #492988
Re:my husband got the call last week....hung up on 'em! n/m
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Reply by MikeC/TX on 11/15/13 7:52pm Msg #492992
This has been going on for several years, and the only reason it is still going on is because some people fall for it.
It's a form of what's called "social engineering", which has been used by scammers since at least the 90's to gain access to networks and (now) personal computers.
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