Scammers count on convincing people to "play along". They have more experience scamming than the average person has not being scammed.

The ONLY way to guarantee you don't get scammed is to not play.

Thank you for mentioning that it can be dangerous for you to say “yes” under any circumstances. Voice print.

New one popped up yesterday.

"The Geek Squad" sends wife a bill for 300 to join their yearly service.

Gives a phone number to cancel this. She calls and the guy wants her to go online using Chrome so he cancel it.

She calls me over and first thing notice that the origin email is not from Best Buy or Geek squad so it is phony.

Thinking he wanted to control her laptop and make her pay to get it released.

I got this scam too. After receiving amazing service from the Best Buy Lady Lake geek squad last year, I was ready to give them the benefit of the doubt. I called Best Buy and they made it clear to me that the email was not from them. So I flagged that email as junk.

AARP Magazine has a large article regarding these boiler room scams. Not sure if this link will be allowed and if you have to be a member to read it, but here it is.

Hacker Uses Skills to Take Down a Phone Scam Operation