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Google problem or just a scam?

Devonica
Devonica Posts: 2 Newbie
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Just had a phone call from a guy with a very strong foreign accent. Said he was from Google and I had dodgy files on my computer. I thought he might be the dodgy one, so put the phone down quick! Has anyone else had similar call?

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  • adouglasmhor
    adouglasmhor Posts: 15,554 Forumite
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    No but you did the right thing.
    The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett


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  • giraffe69
    giraffe69 Posts: 3,571 Forumite
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    I thought he might be the dodgy one, so put the phone down quick!

    10 out of 10
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    Google is a new one. It's usually Microsoft or "your ISP".

    A post like yours appears on this or the internet board just about every week.
  • RussJK
    RussJK Posts: 2,359 Forumite
    LOL, I can just imagine you saying "I think you're the dodgy one" and hanging up. Very funny :) And yes, you were correct.

    When my in-laws got this scam while I was over once (the Microsoft one), I strung them along enough to realise that they'd not actually gotten any real information. Just enough to know name, address and telephone number - and an assumption that most people use Windows (or google in your case).
  • free4440273
    free4440273 Posts: 38,438 Forumite
    it's a setup/ don't be the patsy /

    Dilbert_Bank_Phishing.GIF
    BLOODBATH IN THE EVENING THEN? :shocked: OR PERHAPS THE AFTERNOON? OR THE MORNING? OH, FORGET THIS MALARKEY!

    THE KILLERS :cool:

    THE PUNISHER :dance: MATURE CHEDDAR ADDICT:cool:
  • esuhl
    esuhl Posts: 9,409 Forumite
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    Why would Google care if you have "dodgy files" on your computer? And how would they know? And how would they have got your phone number? Seriously... just think about it for a second.
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