I understand where you are coming from John but for instance I had a withheld phone call this afternoon and it was from Dyson who are coming to repair my cleaner tomorrow morning. Now if I ignored the call then I would miss out on the appointment. Likewise hospitals tend to withhold their numbers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "john gallagher" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 11:07 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Computer Scam: Warning
hi there this is why should should use true call this is one of my zapped numbers they are trying to get clever now and showing there number. i never ever pick the phone up to this kind of number or person and it is a shame open reach cannot stop it and we have to buy extra tools to do so. i was getting 4 or five calls per day some were genuen piano tuning calls but again never ever answer them i say. these people are getting very very clever it can be very scarey though but now for me i do not get these calls because of true call.----- Original Message ----- From: Pele West <pele.west@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Access UK <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Monday, 11 August 2014 10.59 am Subject: [access-uk] Computer Scam: WarningHi Everyone I know most of us know about these scams, but I thought I would share my experience of one. I have to confess that I did not just put the phone down, which I should have done, as I was intrigued to see how things would go. An Asian gentleman rang up last Friday afternoon. He knew my surname and initial, which is the same as my husband's. He knew our address. I asked for his phone number which was 02033 180712 He said his company was Windows Technical Department Windows Service Centre He said he was investigating a cyber security breach and needed to change our computer licence. He gave me the following licence number: 888DCA60-FC0A-11CF-8F0F-00C04FD7D062 He said I should type Assoc from the DOS Command line to see if this number was correct. I put the phone down and did some work with Google. I found an article on the net which contained this same licence key and a very similar phone number. My computer also has this key. It is shown on a line beginning $diszfsendtotarget7clsid When he rang back I told him what I had found and he evinced surprise. He then said that if I did not let him give me a new licence key he would take the current key away and my computer would not work again. This would happen in 3 hours. I told him he was talking rubbish and he said if I thought he was a scam he could not help me. I have found out from a Technical Support person at Eset that the licence keys are issued by MicroSoft to different manufacturers. So Dell have one, Acer have another, and so on. Needless to say, I am sending this message from my PC 3 days later. I think some people could be rather upset if they were told their machines would not work with their current licence key. Pele West ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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