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Originally Posted by jpvillager
This is a nation wide scam. They use a phone no with area code 806. The first thing to do is to get off the internet. Disconnect the wifi and/or Ethernet cable and maybe even turn off the PC. Sit back and develop a plan. If you have a second PC research the phone no on it to begin with. We had three phone call from this no. on Monday. I beleive the problem is that you have given them permission to use your pc the same as if they were sitting at it.
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806 is a valid area code....not part of the 800-system numbers. I get these calls from time to time, but they do not come in from area code 806. I still have my cell phone number out of Amarillo, Texas, and our area code there is 806. I kept it that way because it is a local call for my friends from there.
When he (always foreign accent) calls, I let him go into his routine until he tells me I have a "problem" with my computer, then I tell him, "No, I don't, you are a scammer and I don't talk to scammers." then hang up on him. Sometimes they call claiming to be from Windows, too. I think I will just tell them next time, "Oh yeah, I don't have a computer...scammer!"
