Posted April 30, 201410 yr They caught me yesterday and I thought they were a ligit MS Windows support Centre since they knew my windows Reg. number. So I gave them access to my computer. Only when they told me I needed to pay R1500 to "renew my expired ssl Security Certificate" or words to that effect did I realise I had been had. I feel such an idiot. The thing is I have had dealings before with the MS Support staff from India and so it sounded authentic this time too. I quickly closed everything down when I got off the phone. When I tried to re-start my laptop I found i had to put in a password which I didn't have. So I restarted and entered the BIOS and changed passwords etc and then could access the laptop again. At present I have disabled the wifi connection. The question is: What now? Please advise what action I should take next. I have checked with MS locally and they are going to call me back in the morning when I am in front of my laptop. Continue reading...
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