Advisng of unsolicited telephone call me the computer errors

I recived a call from John of Online help informing me that the servers indicate my windows computer referred to many errors that could result in data loss.  He refused to say who he worked for all the major computer manufacturers, but he knew my name and phone number.  His number was retained and that he would not tell her.

He wanted to lean on the Windows and R key at the same time.  Is this real or a fraud attempt.

It's a SCAM.  The described key combonation is the first step to take control of your data.  You were wise to not continue.

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