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Data Commissioner warns of fake Microsoft cold-calling scam
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 01/28/2011 06:30 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Silicon Republic posted a story that the Data Protection Commissioner and Microsoft Ireland are warning the public to be wary of a cold-calling scam from people claiming to be representing Microsoft.
The commissioner has found that the scammers phoned people claiming they worked at Microsoft. They told individuals there was a problem with their computer and offered to help fix this.
They then asked the individuals to log onto a website to download a file which would solve the supposed problem and asked for their credit card details to pay for this.
They then asked the individuals to log onto a website to download a file which would solve the supposed problem and asked for their credit card details to pay for this.
Data Commissioner warns of fake Microsoft cold-calling scam
