How will I know if a telcall is really Microsoft

I had an international call from someone who says they are from Microsoft. They report errors on my computer (true) and gave me a number of 07390129

so that I can check with the Government of the United Kingdom, if they are true.  I am wary.  Would I be?

Fake phone calls to technical support

Such unsolicited telephone calls are almost always a common scam. Do not let them give any info, do not give access to your PC, not give them all the money and do not go to all the websites that they suggest. One moment.

Please see:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/security/online-privacy/msname.aspx .

Microsoft does ever not requested for telephone calls of support or security. It is one of the main ways to tell if the call is genuine.

(such persons may use names other than Microsoft as well)

The part of the error they mention is a coincidence (everyone has an error at some point on their PC) and is a simple trick to make their call to appear more convincing.

Tags: Windows

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