[VillagesFlorida]

I just had a phone call from 9- 581, wherever that is. The man on the other end of the line sounded perhaps Indian or Pakistani, definitely a foreign accent. He introduced himself as a "Microsoft technician" of some sort....can't remember his whole title, exactly, but definitely representing Microsoft. ( He claimed) He proceeded to tell me that my computer has a lot of malware that has taken up residence on my hard drive ("you know, Ma'am, your Drive C"). He then told me that if I didn't get it cleaned off my computer it would "only get worse until you will not be able to access the internet. Your computer will be as fast as new once we clean out those files". I guess he thought he had me shaking in my boots because he jumped right from the "spiel" to, "Ma'am I presume you are sitting in front of your computer?" I played along and replied, "Why, yes as a matter of fact I am". The "Microsoft tech" said, "OK, Ma'am, click on "Start" and go to control panel", to which I replied, "No, I am not going to click on "Start" and I am not going to the control panel. I do not like where this is going" Click.

I have no idea what this call was all about but I feel it was geared to identity theft. I am wondering if anyone else has recieved this phone call?

I faithfully do scans with Norton Internet Security and Malwarebytes. My computer is clean and it is fast. I have never known Microsoft to call a person's home and offer to "clean a computer"! Yeah, he wanted to "clean me out", alright!