[Elecraft] OT: Beware

[Philip Townsend Lontz]

It's about registry errors... We all have them...
then they try to sell you a package to remove them...
Don't bite.

A wise man once said nothing....


On Sep 4, 2013, at 10:30 AM, KQ8M <kq8m at kq8m.com> wrote:

> 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
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>> 
>> 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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