Phone scams Options

[Qrbrrbl]

Just a quick heads-up. I doubt any of you tech-savvy people would actually fall for it, but always best to be aware

Just had a cold-caller on my landline (autodialler, takes a few seconds for them to pick up on the other end) from a woman claiming to be tech support for a company I couldnt quite understand. Possibly an Indian accent.

Basically, she tried to convince me I had viruses on my PC (which I know is bull, but I played along for a while).
She then had me run EventViewer and insisted that the "3,000 events" actually meant I had "3,000 viruses" on my PC. I ended up laughing her off at this point, but considering the various Warning/Error messages you get on Eventviewer I can see how this could easily fool anyone who isnt particularly PC-competent. I dont know what the next stages are (I had already wasted ten minutes arguing at this point) but I suspect it would be either a scam to gain information or some way of sending a "technician" to fix things at a premium.

Just be on guard anyway.

[McJaffa]

TPS for the win, I hardly ever get nuisance calls just the odd automatic machine recording thing but they are rare.
Oh, and the junk mail post equivalent mentioned earlier is MPS (Mailing Preference Service) google it and register to reduce the amount of wasted paper shoved through your letterbox.