Scam Alert
updated: Aug 31, 2012, 8:11 PM

By Edhat Subscriber

I wanted to alert folks to a scam that was attempted upon me today. I received a phone call from a heavily accented man, sounding quite alarmed and informing me that my computer is sending alerts to some server.

I'm sure he'd have been interested in either selling me some non- existent software, or else would have tried to mine credit card info. I told him I wouldn't be scammed and hung up.

This call was supposedly originating from New York, and had made numerous attempts to reach me over the past few days, but I didn't recognize the caller and didn't pick up until today, when answering an extension without caller ID.

Some people who are unfamiliar with computers might comply with such a call, and so I thought I'd pass along a warning.

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