[Gllug] Phone scam?

[Alain Williams]

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 01:13:47PM +0100, Sanatan Rai wrote:

> Have any of you experienced this?

Yes, I have been getting this for a long time. They usually start by saying something
like ''... problem with your Windows PC ...''. The quickest way of getting rid of
them is by saying that I don't have any ''Windows PCs'' as I run Linux. I have
asked them for name, phone number & generally not got far.

> Is there a way of reporting these people?

I have tried, but since they call from outside the UK everyone just shrugs their
shoulders & says that they can't do anything about it ... so I complained to my
MP saying that this ought to be part of future trade negotiations.

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