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Is this a scam or the real thing?

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Well today i got a call from a guy that said he works for microsoft and my computer had viruses and if he dosnt work on it my computer will crash so i let him talk me thru wit workin on my computer then he took me to this website saying that he just wanted to show me that this is the company it looked descent but idk and it was a picture and he said that that was him on the picture i thought that was odd but i didnt think much of it then my phone cut off and i tried calling back i couldnt cause it was unknown then after that like 10 min later idk how he did it but he started writing on my computer talkin to me about the viruses and all that stuff then he wrote me on the notepad on my computer askin can u send a pic i asked why would i send a pic and were talkin about this virus and getting it off my computer so then he called back on the phone and he was like moving my mouse around clickin on stuff from his computer idk how he did it then i seen him click on my photos he started lookin throught them i wasnt touching the mouse or nothing he was doin it all from his computer he clicked on a picture and said in the phone u are very pretty and all this stuff and i was so confused as to why is he doing this and my computer could have a virus on it and crash and he started typing talking about diffrent prices for certain yrs for them to protect my computer he asked for my credit card and did i have one i do but i told him no cus it jus didnt seem right he then said it was going to call back tommarrow morning idk but wat do u think could be going on and how is he going through my computer from his computer

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  1. Kevin on Jun 12, 2012 reply

    It is a scam… Microsoft does not contact people directly like this….

    They just did that to get access to your computer. May want to unhook your internet until you can clean out what they did to it to gain access.

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  2. Carling on Jun 12, 2012 reply

    Never ever give anyone your credit card details, Never Never let anyone on your computer ever again no matter who they say they are, You have now been hacked and wide open, for him to do what he wants on your camputer

    My advice is stop using windows and use a more secure operating system like Linux. you can check it out here, for the latest June releases, it’s free to download with all the free software you’ll ever need
    http://distrowatch.com

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