Call from Wicrosoft

[Colin McGregor]

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:11 PM,  <phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I just had a call ostensibly from Microsoft in California. The gentleman
> (Chris Brown) says there is something wrong with my computer which is
> confusing their servers.
>
> He gave his phone number as 424-256-2700.
>
> Since I'm runing Suse Linux it does seem unlikely I'd be screwing over a
> Microsoft Server.
>
> Any suggestions what I should do with this apparent scam?
>
> Peter

Well, it seems a Microsoft Gold level partner has been dropped by
Microsoft for pulling this scam, details to be seen here :
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/370054/microsoft-dumps-partner-over-support-call-scam

I don't expect this to change much, but...

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