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    Exclamation Computer Scam -- BEWARE

    Yesterday I got a message on my phone to call Microsoft. Apparently my service contract will come to an end. This is an obvious scam. Microsoft don't work that way.

    Just giving everyone a heads up!

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    Default Re: Computer Scam -- BEWARE

    Yup! It's a common scam, Microsoft will never call you.

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    Default Re: Computer Scam -- BEWARE

    I never hear about this happening in Australia, where I live. I'm sure it happens though. But I do hear about this happening a lot over in England. I have a mate that has this happen to him on a near fortnightly bases he says.


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    Default Re: Computer Scam -- BEWARE

    Microsoft will never call you.
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    Default Re: Computer Scam -- BEWARE

    I got an email saying that my bank were going to charge me 80 euro per month for GoDaddy unless I responded. Obviously I didn't, but there are some serious assholes out there.

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    Default Re: Computer Scam -- BEWARE

    I used to get e-mails from a Nigerian prince offering me a cut of his multi-million dollar bank account if I helped him move his money to the US. Now I delete as spam any e-mail from any address I do not recognized. I don't even open it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darkandiel View Post
    I got an email saying that my bank were going to charge me 80 euro per month for GoDaddy unless I responded. Obviously I didn't, but there are some serious assholes out there.
    Heh, if you have domains it can be even worse. I often get letters in the mail that look like bills for domains that I own. If I were to carelessly pay one of the bills, I'd be transferring the domain to the new company as a registrar, locked under contract and at a rate 2 - 5 times higher than I'd pay anywhere else.

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    Default Re: Computer Scam -- BEWARE

    Quote Originally Posted by Kaitou Ace View Post
    Heh, if you have domains it can be even worse. I often get letters in the mail that look like bills for domains that I own. If I were to carelessly pay one of the bills, I'd be transferring the domain to the new company as a registrar, locked under contract and at a rate 2 - 5 times higher than I'd pay anywhere else.
    Wow. lol.

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    Default Re: Computer Scam -- BEWARE

    Sometimes, I wil get a message that I have contracted a virus on my computer, the Zeus virus, and to call a number, which is supposed t be Microsoft, they also lock the browser. I wonder if that's a scam as well, I have had that occur a few times. I just close the browser and run antivirus software instead of calling.

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    Default Re: Computer Scam -- BEWARE

    I've gotten to the point where I update my virus protection daily, and twice a week scan.

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