Amiee Edgar on Blurtit

Amiee Edgar voted up Didge Doo's answer 3/18/2016

Why do these people still call and say : I'm from Windows Tech support and you have virus? Don't they know that 99.9% of people know it's a scam?

I had a call from an elderly friend who had been approached by a scammer. She wanted to know what to do. I explained the situation and she was reassured.

BUT the next time I spoke to her she admitted that she had sent them the money they asked for, "just to be safe".

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Amiee Edgar voted up Cookie Roma's answer 3/18/2016

Why do these people still call and say : I'm from Windows Tech support and you have virus? Don't they know that 99.9% of people know it's a scam?

There was a period of time where I didn't have a computer (before I got my Mac a few years ago) that I'd get these calls saying my computer has a virus. YOU CAN IMAGINE MY SURPRISE!!!