Originally Posted by
MarleneC
This evening I received a call from someone I couldn't understand and he said he was from Windows and someone was trying to hack my computer from the internet. Caller ID didn't give a phone number--only an Unknown Caller and Private Number. Has anyone else had a call like this. I hung up and the guy called again--and again said he was from Windows, etc. I told him I would call the company that I bought my computer from and hung up. I believe this is a scam but hadn't heard anything about this from anyone else.
We get quite a few of them callers in the UK ... what they hope is that you allow them to remotely acces your pc ... once they have access they can then access your passswords etc ... alot of people do internet banking ... so if they have remote access your bank account is at risk well any personel details. Best to hang up, unfortunately there are people who are vunerable and get taken to the cleaners ...jj