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startoucher
01-11-2011, 13:44
I have today received a call from someone claiming to work for Microsoft saying that my pc or laptop could be infected with a virus (Yes The Old Virus Scam), but this time the claimant said they were working for Microsoft AND ACTING on behalf VM. I've had a couple of calls before but this is the first time that the scammers actually quoted VM. I have since reported this to 150, it was just really to make readers of the board aware that this is a new tactic. Hope this helps and would like to hear from anyone that has similar call.

Stuart
01-11-2011, 14:01
This scam (and other slight variations) has been around for years..

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/38/33678292-scam-phonecalls-about-problem-your-pc.html

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/12/33681309-scam-technical-support.html

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/38/33676561-phone-calls-saying-bb-support-warning.html

are three recent examples.

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