I get this one too, a relative who does not have a computer has been called.
My usual reply is to ask which version is sending them the error messages or ask them my computer using the latest Mac OS without a single MS product can possibly be sending them error messages.
One time I was asked if I was a business, when I said yes they apologized and hung-up.
My one great hope is that the silly buggers have a family member who gets got in the scam or better yet the caller gets taken.
From: "Bruce Johnson" <johnson@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU>
To: "TML" <tml@simplelists.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 10:51:58 AM
Subject: Re: [TML] A Possible Scam
> On Jul 22, 2015, at 10:18 AM, Leslie Bates (via tml list) <nobody@simplelists.com> wrote:
>
> This email was sent from yahoo.com which does not allow forwarding of emails via email lists. Therefore the sender's email address (lesbates_traveller@yahoo.com) has been replaced with a dummy one.
>
> I'm passing this along to everyone.
>
> I just received a phone call from someone who identified himself as being from the Technical Department of Windows and he asked if I was the primary owner of my computer. I would assume that a proper Microsoft employee would actually identify himself as be being employed by Microsoft. On the basis of this I assumed that this was a scam and immediately hung up the phone.
>
I get one of those nearly every week. I hear ‘hello, my name is <insert random american name, said in heavy indian accent> I am from the Vindows Microsoft technical department calling about your vindows computer”
Me “no you’re not!" click. I’ve just never had a throwaway VM ready on my mac to play along…
Here’s a good description of what they do:
<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/i-am-calling-you-from-windows-a-tech-support-scammer-dials-ars-technica/>
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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
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