Thursday, September 15, 2011  Beware the "Windows Service
Centre" phone call scam  Why is it that crooks are so ingenious?
This is a social engineering scam, where a person calls you and
tells you that there is something wrong with your computer, and
offers to fix it. They then convince you with a whole load of
misleading technical information, and even get you to run remote
control software like support.me or ammyy.com so they can
connect to your computer to "fix" the problem. Do not allow
anyone to control your computer unless you know exactly who they
are and what they are about to do. Do not type in commands into
your PC unless you fully know and trust the person issuing the
commands. Not only will you save yourself a lot of hassle, and
probably preserve your data, but you will not be conned into
parting with your money. (You think they are doing it for free?)
Fact: Microsoft is not "monitoring" your computer, and certainly
does not randomly call users if they are experiencing problems.
If you agree to se