I received an interesting call this morning from a nice lady in India... She said she was from BT and she was ringing me to let me know that my computer had been reporting that it had corrupt files and she would like to help me out. Great! Only problem is that being somewhat techy and being awake I spotted a few flaws in the argument. Being from BT she should have nothing to do with my Virgin line, my laptop is reasonably secure and I know all the software that has ever gone onto it (fresh install of Win7 to get rid of all manufacturers rubbish) so I can't think what would be reporting my corrupt files to BT... So I suggested it was a scam and hung up on her, which although not entirely gentlemanly was better than listening to any more tripe and wasting my day.
I'm not sure if there are any sensible ways to protect against such scams, any suggestions gratefully received! As my old headmaster used to say 'Take care out there!'.
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