On 11-10-20 3:32 PM, August Abolins -> Jean Parrot wrote:
 AA> Jean Parrot -> Alan Zisman said..


 JP>> ..He kept insisting that he was from Microsoft and
 JP>> would fix my machine, I kept insisting that he should take a hike.

 AA> I wonder why they even think it's worth while "insisting" with this
 AA> scam. However.. I can name a few people that I think would be so
 AA> gullible to believe their claims and follow through with all the steps.

They do it because it works - often enough!

My wife's aunt paid them about $450 using her Visa number via PayPal. After realizing
it was a scam, she contacted both Visa and PayPal - PayPal told her that if
she had been scammed about a physical product they would have offered a
refund, but not for a 'service'... Visa, however, refunded the money.

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