Reply to post: They tried this with my old folks

PC repair chap lets tech support scammer log on to his PC. His Linux PC

Sir Sham Cad

They tried this with my old folks

Same Old Folks who I could never go to see without some sort of computer problem to fix. In their 80s.

First time round they declined the service explaining that I already had remote access to the PC and what I did for a living. Then they called me about this strange "Microsoft" call and have I heard of this sort of thing before? Since then, every repeated attempt to scam them was met with "No thank you" and *click*

User education really does work to immunise against these threats!

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