I will never understand how/why some of us can let a total stranger, who calls us "blind" on the phone, and who does not speak 'American" English, talk us into letting them take control of our personal computers, install who-knows-what malware and ransom ware on it, delete "stuff" we paid good money to install because we wanted it on our computer, steal all our passwords, credit card and bank account info, as well as our email address lists, and then WE PAY THEM TO DO ALL THAT TO US!
How does that happen?
I know that recently The Villages has been a 'target zip code' for these kinds of scam calls. I have received them (four times now) myself. I always try to cooperate fully, ask them to hold on while I boot up my computer (which I tell them is not turned on at this time), warn them that it is old and slow so it may take a few minutes to boot, and then I put the phone aside (on speaker) so I can time how long they will wait until they give up and hang up! It makes for great entertainment for me (for free) and I can do other useful stuff while listening to the speaker phone.
We are Seniors now - rules are that we are allowed to have a Senior Moment once in awhile - but this is a little over the top.
As someone pointed out, you can get a great, brand new laptop for "chump change" nowadays - upgrade to new equipment! You will probably still want to spend a few more shekels with a local computer guru to transfer the "good" stuff from your old PC to the new one and help you get off on the right foot with your new PC. That would probably be money well spent.
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