Woman's computer hijacked by mystery caller  Man claimed to be
with Microsoft Jul. 26, 2013 @ 08:31 AM  Michelle Bumgarner
recently lost her job at Case Farms, and now she can't get into
her home computer to look for work after what she feels was a
scam that ensnared her Tuesday.  A man called her house in
Hudson that night claiming to be from Microsoft and saying he
could see in the network that her computer was showing errors,
Bumgarner said. He offered to fix malware that was causing the
problem. She allowed him access remotely to her computer.
Immediately, windows and error messages started popping up. She
asked him for the number he was calling from. It was a
legitimate Microsoft phone number.  "He asked me for my IP
address, and said it had been hacked," she added. "He offered
anti-hacking software for $148 for three-year protection, $240
for eight years, and $400 for lifetime support. When I told him
I couldn't afford that because I had just lost my job, he got
very mad and told me to log out and shut