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A scam ?
A friend recently received a phone call from a foreign sounding gentleman claiming to represent 'Windows UK' and advising him of a potential problem with Windows and offering to rectify it. The caller had my friend's name, address, phone number etc. My friend told him to call back next day.
This sounds like a potential scam to me. What do you think ?
This sounds like a potential scam to me. What do you think ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Fraudsters are continuing to cold call people, claiming to be a Windows support tech and getting the users to give them remote access to their PCs in the guise of helping them update their systems – as long as the user hands over £185. This scam has actually been around for quite some time and whilst police may struggle to stop criminals from setting up business under a new name once they have been shut down, the potential victims can take control of the situation by putting the phone down.
They seem to use details from old telephone directories. When they phone here they always ask for my late Father-in-Law, who died in 2007. We took over his line, but ex-directory. They never give up. Also they have no sense of humour - no point in asking them about double glazing (windows) for instance. Fewer calls a couple of weeks ago though, same time as India had big power cuts ??
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