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Analog6
01-07-2010, 2:25pm
Read the article here (http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/pay-up-or-your-pcs-toast-20100630-zm8i.html) and beware!

peterking
01-07-2010, 10:36pm
Haven't heard of that one Odille but I'll pass it around.
Thanks.

yummymummy
02-07-2010, 6:26am
unfortunately I have heard of this one, these guys rang my friend not once, but twice. Thankfully he wasn't stupid enough to fall for it :th3:

yarnella
02-07-2010, 7:37am
Thankfully he wasn't stupid enough to fall for it :th3:

Sadly, there are many who probably will. It pays to know as much as you can about how your computer works but many people don't want to. They are the ones who get caught in scams like this.

danishpm
02-07-2010, 7:40am
Thanks for the link Odille. Amazing what people get away with nowadays.:D

Analog6
03-07-2010, 6:01am
I posted it on Cat World to and three of the folk there have been contacted. The gall of these slimey unmentionables is just amazing!

Norman
03-07-2010, 7:50am
i just tell them to hold on a minute and put the phone down, then hang up later