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'Windows Care' scam ...

TMarvoloR · 2010-11-29 18:00:07

Just to warn folks, I got a call from a company calling themselves 'Windows Care' ... In the call, I was told that my computer had been identified by them over the internet as 'having a fault' and that it needed to be fixed by them urgently" ... I asked the caller, where they got my number, the reply was "from a friend" &…

29-11-2010 7:00pm

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TMarvoloR

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Just to warn folks, I got a call from a company calling themselves 'Windows Care' ... In the call, I was told that my computer had been identified by them over the internet as 'having a fault' and that it needed to be fixed by them urgently" ... I asked the caller, where they got my number, the reply was "from a friend" & I hung up pretty quickly ...

It appears they are using the phone book to get numbers ...

This is just to let folks know of the scam and to pass the word to others who may not be as "tech" savvy as people on this forum ...

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