I read an account from a geek a while ago about how he was called by "Microsoft" because "they had detected a virus in his Windows installation".
The geek was asked a series of technical questions about his PC and to fiddle with certain OS settings but the scammer didn't realise that the geek had fired up a virtual machine and was working from that. The whole thing was hilarious, in a geeky way.
To answer the OP, I received this same message and you'd better believe. I paid up pronto. Can't be too careful!
The geek was asked a series of technical questions about his PC and to fiddle with certain OS settings but the scammer didn't realise that the geek had fired up a virtual machine and was working from that. The whole thing was hilarious, in a geeky way.
To answer the OP, I received this same message and you'd better believe. I paid up pronto. Can't be too careful!
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