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Carol Haynes:
Happening a lot in the UK - I was actually fixing one persons computer when a call came in -- they passed the phone to me  :D

Commonly they actually either say they are Microsoft or else they say they are partners of Microsoft.

Another common trait (in the UK anyway) is very English names but very un-English accents. They have even been known to give out contact telephone numbers and the most common remote software they use is TeamViewer.

I have written a number of articles in local magazines and newsletters warning people and got some really good feedback which is why I know just how common this sort of thing is. Inevitably though some people are taken in (some of them I would expect to have a lot more common sense!).

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