I hope the .UK URL would have alerted me.
The ones who call pretending to be from Microsoft are told that I don’t even own a computer.
I got a call once from "Windows, Inc" trying to tell me that my computer was infected. . . "Windows, Inc?" sez I, "aren't they the people who make all those great Microsoft computers?"
"Yes sir." he sez. "We do indeed!"
"Why, I have one of their best models. . . a Microsoft Mac. . . right here in front of me!"
"Yes, sir! That's the computer we're calling you about. It's infected with a dangerous EXE virus and we need to help you get rid of it. I need you to go to the START button on the bottom left of your screen. . . "
Me: "Uh, what's a 'start' button? I don't see any 'start' button."
He: "It's on the tool bar at the bottom, on the left."
Me: "The only thing I see is a square blue and white face with a smile on it that pops up with a lot of other icons. Is that it?"
He: "What? No. . . let's try this. Are you already running Internet Explorer?"
Me: "No. What's an Internet Explorer? Is that a game?"
He: "It's a browser. You use it to browse websites on the Internet. You don't use Internet Explorer? What do you use?"
Me: "Oh, I use Safari. Why, what does it matter?"
He: "What anti-virus are you running?"
Me: "I don't. Mac's don't need any."
He: "But we called because our scan showed your Windows computer is infected with viruses, malware, and adware . . . "
Me: "No, YOU called to scam me, because I don't HAVE a Windows computer. . . "
CLICK!