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Another scam?

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b52bob

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I received an "emergency" phone call Friday saying my Microsoft operating system's certificate is expired. Please call this number immediately. A 1-800 number was provided.

anyone else receive a call like this?
 
No. I haven't heard of this one. I'd say you would be best to just ignore it. Microsoft wouldn't be calling with such information. I'm sure your PC/Windows installation would let you know if a certificate of any importance was expired.

Cheers,
 
Speaking of scams, this one might be worth knowing about as well. Seems there is a revival of the one where someone calls saying they are so-and-so from some company or other and asks if you can hear them alright. The unsuspecting good citizen of course says "yes". The caller then prattles on about anything for a few moments then finds some way to end the call. The surprise comes sometime later when another call comes in to say thank you for buying 'bla-bla' because they have a recording of you saying "yes" authorizing the purchase. I don't know how binding this actually is but it must work to a certain degree because it is making a comeback.
 
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