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Old 09-02-2011, 20:51   #16
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Re: Is this normal practice?

I'd like to play with one caller, the usual "I'm sorry but I don't know computers that well can you explain to me in detail how to do it" routine would be comical.. Especially with the "sorry but it won't run on my win3.11 system" might send them a bit cuckoo!!
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Re: Is this normal practice?

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Many thanks Masque.
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Sounds like a scam to me. Avoid this type of call, our Internet security team communicate by letter and email to confirm issues like this.
Definetly!!!

People are getting calls from MICROSOFT saying the same thing.....

Dont panic..... SIMPLY HANG UP
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Re: Is this normal practice?

They are fun to play with. Especially when I believe that I know more about PC's than they do. Had two of these calls so far.

Especially the one that wanted me to install teamviewer so that he could "help you make some changes", so I created a sandbox account on my PC (it runs Linux), installed the linux version of teamviewer on that account, and giggled at his confusion when nothing worked as he expected.

He hung up on me, how rude!
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