On 11-09-29 4:45 PM, August Abolins -> Alan Zisman wrote:
 AA> Alan Zisman -> All said..

 AZ>> A number of seniors and retired folks I know have received
 AZ>> phone calls that claim to be from the "Windows Security
 AZ>> Center", stating that they have information that there's
 AZ>> malware of the senior's computer..

 AA> Not sure if it's the same scam, but I've received a couple of calls like
 AA> that in the last few months. The caller starts by saying that they are
 AA> "the Microsoft security center.." and that "your
computer has a virus."

 AA> On the first call, I remember saying.. "Oh! Is that so... you've got to
 AA> be really good at your job scamming people", then I just asked to be on
 AA> the Do Not Call List. He hung up in ME immediately.

 AA> On a subsequent call a few weeks later, I just basically told the guy
 AA> that "you'd probably do better at a real job than trying to scam
 AA> people." Then *I* hung up.

 AA> Part of me would like to entertain them to the point where they make a
 AA> mistake in the ongoing lie. But it's also just a waste of time.

Sounds like the same scam...

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