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POLICE: Microsoft will not call you

Posted By Kevin Watler
Sunday, 5 February 2012 10:40 am
Updated Sunday, 5 February 2012 9:42 pm

On Friday, February 3rd, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service received numerous reports from members of the public who stated that they had received telephone calls from an individual who purported to be calling on behalf of Microsoft Virginia.

The caller informed them that they had downloaded viruses and offered to assist them in removing the viruses for a fee. The callers were asked to pay in installments from $100 – $300.

“Checks were made with Microsoft representatives previously, who confirmed that no one from the company would contact them directly. Any contact with Microsoft in relation to computer errors would be initiated by the computer user, not the company,” a police spokesperson said.

Members of the public are urged not to give out their credit card/bank details or e-mail addresses over the telephone.

Anyone who requires further information in order to protect himself or herself from becoming a victim of this scam should contact the Financial Crimes Unit at 949-8797.

See earlier story here

2 Comments

  1. Brian Connolly
    Monday, 6 February 2012 10:04 am
    As I mentioned to the writer, I just got back from the UK where this scam was 'Rife' - they tried it on me twice there and now upon my return to Cayman both myself and my sister-in-law have received calls -this time from this number:- 206-456-0661 over the last few days. The number is from Seattle Washington and you can see from the link below - a compaints site demonstrating just how many people these people have tried to con. http://www.callercomplaints.com/SearchResult.aspx?Phone=206-456-0661 My response to the people that called me was " If you have been able to pick up the fact that I have a virus on my computer and you now know that I am logged on...then you MUST be able to give me my Computer's IP Address"....... After I said this, the first caller just hung up. The second caller tried to give me a bogus IP address to which I replied 'WRONG!!...he then muttered a few (probably choice) phrases in Indian and then hung up.......
  2. Cayman Watch
    Tuesday, 7 February 2012 1:56 am
    If you fall for this scam, you deserve it.