Hi people, "Microsoft scam – take two The phone rings and at the other end of the line is a scammer claiming to be from Microsoft, wanting to gain access to your computer and personal details, and worse still charge your credit card for the privilege.
Now to add insult to injury, victims are being targeted a second time around with a bogus compensation offer. Another new tactic the Microsoft scammers are using is to re-target people who expressed during the original call that they had a Mac rather than a PC - the scammers are calling again and pretending to be from Apple." Read More here: <http://www.scamnet.wa.gov.au/scamnet/Types_Of_Scams-Slam_Phone_Scams-Microsoft_scam__take_two.htm> Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.8.1 Mountain Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
