Got this series of text messages from my girlfriend, Carla. She’s nobody’s fool when it comes to scams. Thought some of you might enjoy another scammer story.
“Richard” from the Windows Security Center just called and told me that my computer is downloading malicious and illegal stuff.
He asked if I was in front of my computer and I said, “Yes.”
He asked me what I saw. I said, “Facebook.” He asked me to minimize it. I said, “But I like Facebook.”
He said I need to minimize it. I said nothing. He asked me if I minimized it yet. I said nothing. He asked me again. I said, “No.”
He asked me if I wanted malicious software to continue to be downloaded. I said that was okay with me.
He said my computer is doing illegal things. I said, “I like danger.”
He said Windows Server would shut down my computer within 48 hours. I didn’t respond.
He said, “So, it’s okay with you if I shut down your computer?” I said, “Go ahead.”
He said my computer should be shut down within 48 hours.
I told him that he was no more “Richard” with Windows Security than I was the Queen of England.
This is why my mother can never have the Internet.
