So today I answer the business line. And it’s another robocall about credit, you know, “We have been monitoring your credit and, CONGRATULATIONS, you qualify for low interest, click 1 to talk to someone that can help you.” I click 1 and after a while a gentleman comes on the phone with the East Indian accent. He inquires about how I am and I say I have a question: “Don’t you all adhere to the ‘Do Not Call’ list?” His answer is amazing; he says “We don’t believe in that!!! And that I am going to get this call everyday for the rest of my life!!!” He seemed like a nice guy so I guess I’ll hear from him tomorrow?
Don’t ya just love it!!!

I just got a call from a new scam approach. They start with saying your antivirus subscription refund is available because your antivirus supplier has gone out of business, You are owed $299. When I play along, I find that the first level person just wants me to get google up and running. Then they turn me over to a second level person and he tries to get me to install a remote access agent on my computer so he can “help” me through the process of getting the refund.

I use the free antivirus from Microsoft and so there is no $299 refund that might be owed to me. Everyday the hackers are alive and will and trying to deceive anyone that they can. What a sad state of affairs…