[Ipg-smz] Today's spam/phish call...

[Stephen Satchell]

On 6/19/19 6:30 PM, Daniel Dern wrote:
> As I believe I've previously mentioned, I've taken to responding to
> calls from "The Windows Department," "Technical Support," etc. by
> excitedly/anxiously saying some variant on "I'm glad you called... I'm
> having trouble with my graphics card, and I don't know whether I need to
> re-install or update the driver, or tweak the BIO..." at which point
> they usually have hung up on me.

I had one of those calls, too.  They said that my firewall has been
compromised.  I asked which IP address give the report --- and the guy
hung up instantly.