[Elecraft] OT: Beware

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It is not just west coast. Have been getting them for months here in Ohio.

73,
Tim Herrick, KQ8M
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-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Richard Kendrick
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 12:06 PM
To: k6dgw at foothill.net
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Beware

That might be a fun call for me because I have a Mac.



On Sep 4, 2013, at 9:03 AM, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:

> While OT, still important.  There is a new scam, prevalent on the US west coast but might be elsewhere.  You receive a phone call
from a fast-talking dude who obliquely purports to be from Microsoft.  His pitch goes something like, "blah blah this is windows
support, we're getting error messages from your computer.  Can you get to your computer now ... blah ... we can solve it ... it's
all very secure ... blah," at which point I hung up.  Have now had 3 more of them.
> 
> While there's probably no one on this list who would fall for this, it might be wise to advise less-technically inclined family
members of this and to hang up immediately.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
> - www.cqp.org
> 
> On 9/3/2013 9:08 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> 
>> Be safe and be aware, call the phone number on your billing account 
>> for your ISP before sending email to any requests like that.
> 
> 
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