About 5 mins ago I received a phone call from a female, with a foreign accent telling me that she was from Microsoft,and they had noticed that my computer was running slow.I may not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier,but knew this was not so because , last night I switched off my machine prior to moving it to another room later today.Brenda.
Its a scam,
I have had this a few times , I always reply with
" I'm sorry love, I haven't got a computer"
to which they usually apologise and say they have the wrong number.
My record for stringing one of these scammers along is just under 30 minutes ... they did seem a bit cross when I eventually asked them to email me a picture of themselves so I could recognise them on our date ...
I heard somewhere of a person who upon receiving such a call would respond by saying something along the lines of...." Oh yes. I have been in contact with Microsoft and have been awaiting a call from a Technician. Microsoft has given me a code number and advised me to request it from whomsoever calls on the matter to ensure that the call is genuine."
Hi Brenda
Definitely a scam - 3 weeks ago my mate spoke to a similar "Microsoft" lady who was advising him that his PC was running slow and eventually after a while my mate mentioned that he only had an apple PC - SHE immediately hung up on MY mate!!!!!