On 15/01/2016 11:52 AM, notbob wrote:
> Apparently, there's a new wave of Winblows computer scammers washing
> ashore.
>
> For the very first time, I gotta Indian support droid calling me on
> my phone to tell me their organization has been receiving security
> alerts from my desktop computer.
>
> Oh really!? And "jes what operating system am I currently using", I
> smirkingly enquired. "Windows", was his reply. I gleefully informed
> this escapee from the Short Circuit voice-over casting stable, I
> haven't even owned a Windows computer in over a decade.
>
> He hung up w/o uttering another word.
>
> Please, do not fall for this ruse. You computer will NOT send
> security alerts to a third party, no matter which operating system
> (OS) you use.
>
> nb
>
When I get those calls, I ask: "Does your mother know what you do for a
living?"
Graham

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Sinclair Lewis.