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  1. 11-11-2013, 06:50 PM #1
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    Angry "Windows Technical Support" - Be Aware of this Scam

    Tonight, I got a call from "Charles" who spoke in a very bad foreign accent. He didn't ask for any specific person. He went to on to say that he was with "Windows Technical Support" and that my computer had been sending error messages from viruses.

    I had heard of this scam before. They want you to go to a website that does a remote connection over the internet back to your computer for nefarious purposes.

    I asked him which computer it was that was sending messages? Silence. He said it was the one I was using. I replied, my computers are all UNIX systems, how could you be getting Windows messages from my computer. "click".

    Anyway, here is more info: “I am calling you from Windows”: A tech support scammer dials Ars Technica | Ars Technica I also logged a complaint with the FTC for the Do Not Call registry.
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