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Allan

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Microsoft warns on support scams
« on: June 16, 2011, 10:24:57 AM »
A survey from Microsoft reveals just how widespread the fake tech support call scam is becoming.
 
  The crooks cold-call people at home and claim to be calling from   Microsoft or a well-known security firm and offering "free security   checks".
  http://goo.gl/alQ4l              

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    Re: Microsoft warns on support scams
    « Reply #1 on: July 04, 2012, 04:46:24 PM »
    hi, yeah I got a call from someone claiming to be from Microsoft, unfortunately I kinda fell for the scam by letting them have access over my computer although I have recently reformatted the computer when i gave them access to my computer I'm not too sure if my external hard drive was connected when this occurred but after I found out it was a scam I immediately did a complete system restore with the reformatting disk I got along with my laptop. right now I'm still not sure if I'm completely safe. any advice would be greatly appreciated thank you

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    Re: Microsoft warns on support scams
    « Reply #2 on: July 04, 2012, 09:56:05 PM »
    My mom pretended to be extremely computer-illiterate and told them we had a Mac and they were so confused. They told her to open Internet Explorer to download the RAT, and she said "Is that like a Safari?"
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