Guess I fell for a scam! ...

Received a phone call saying they were w / n Microsoft could give me Tech supp, for life for $85 - $ 90... It was the week before everyone pc, accident perhaps that my... They gave me an 800 # to call, which is of course not available n a g-mail... Even called my credit card company to see what they had, but it was also the g-mail... I only fall for this scam r did others get this call also?...

Received a phone call saying they were w / n Microsoft could give me Tech supp, for life for $85 - $ 90... It was the week before everyone pc, accident perhaps that my... They gave me an 800 # to call, which is of course not available n a g-mail... Even called my credit card company to see what they had, but it was also the g-mail... I only fall for this scam r did others get this call also?...

There was a week when all computers were crashing?  Isn't also well - all that is that the mass is usually false - play on your fears that you are in the same situation as everyone else - but 'someone' has the solution and it will cost you only...

Have you contacted your banks, credit bureaus credit business andf card to let them know that you were locked into a scam?  That is your identity may be at risk?

Did you change all your passwords online and offline and to the format of your machine - restore to factory settings?

You must do all this.

Except if you initiate the call - well - just hang on cold-calls.  If a company is desperate to get customers, they call you - they may not be good at what they do, or you would have heard from them by other means - something better than disturning * you * directly at home.

http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/avoid-phone-scams.aspx

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