Your Computer is Infected Telemarketing Scam

At 8:50 a.m. I received a call from "outside the area". After the usual robo call hesitation a voice with a foreign accent informed me he was from the "Windows Certified Technical Department" and very quickly described how my computer license ID was sending out a loud signal indicating it was infected with a virus and he would now tell me how to let him take over my computer to fix the problem.

I said I would call Best Buy with whom I had a maintenance contract to fix it. He said that would not work because they had nothing to do with this issue.

I said, then I will call Microsoft. He said Microsoft did not handle this problem, his company did.

I began to ask him specific questions. He kept interrupting me with a long, involved spiel. He said the Computer License ID # was being transmitted to the "global routing system" "global server".

I told him to stop interrupting me and speak more slowly - by this time I was shouting to be heard over his ramble - so I could write down what the problem was. He asked why I needed to write it down. I said so I could verify his information with other sources, including the FCC.

Click. This unwelcome intruder was gone.

A Google check revealed this is a fairly common scam.

I gave the detail to give a heads up warning on the "spiel" characteristics.

Be careful not only "out there" but also in your own home!