Anakin Skywalker wrote:There are folks telephoning in the local area stating that they are from microsoft saying that your PC has sent an error message that you need to fix.
They tried it with my mother-in-law she said if it need doing that her son-in-law (me) will sort it.
No doubt if she had been taken in she would have been directed to either give them her e-mail address or look on a certain website.
Just be careful, I do hope they telephone me however as I will tie them in knots with the questions I will ask them
'How do you know this telephone number ties to this IP address?'
'Do you know the name of my service provider'
'What updates have I downloaded recently'
'What OP am I using'
'What version of that OP am I using'
At which point I will tell them to make love and leave.
I am familiar with an OS but not the term OP.
I too have had one of these calls, and I just told them that it was strange because I am running Linux and not windoze. They then promptly hung up.