I’m so sorry this happened to you. My mother was scammed last week and it has been a nightmare. A pop up came up while she was on her computer along with a loud warning that her computer had been hacked and to call “Microsoft”. She called the number and they also planted a tech viewer application on her computer and scammed her for $2000! I luckily was able to stop payment and we also closed all of her accounts and credit cards. They were on her computer for two hours and accessed her bank and other private data. They sounded so official because they were “from Microsoft.” I took her computer to Best Buy and had it wiped. Gee whiz what a mess! I told my mom never to pay anyone without running it by me first, and that she should never call any number like that. She learned a hard lesson.
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