PHONE SCAM - A phone call from a friend tonight in which he told me of a scam call he had today said to be from Microsoft reminded me of a similar one I had this summer. A person calls from outside the UK and says he is from Microsoft, he will address you by you name so you assume he must be from that company. He explains that your computer has sent many error messages to the Microsoft servers showing there is a problem with your actual computer, he continues to engage you in conversation and as both me and my friend said, he really does sound as if he is a legitimate employee of Microsoft, after all, how else would he know your name? Then, when he thinks he has got you hooked, he says that your computer is fully of viruses that need removing, and that there are so many problems with your computer that it is sending vast numbers of error reports to the Microsoft main computer every day, he needs to have a look inside your computer and asks you to key in a code that appears on your screen, DO NOT DO THIS, if you do he will have access to everything on your computer. As far as I have been able to find out these people are operating on a large scale attempting to get access to UK computers, it appears they are trying ti sell some sort of virus removal software at a vastly inflated price. If you have any friends or family who have computers please make them aware of this scam, as both myself and my friend have found, these people are very convincing.
