Mar 21, 2014
Received a call from "Henry Hoffman" (with an accent so thick to make it necessary to put a second "technician" on the line to understand). Claims to be from a company named CPS Corporation, contracted by MS Windows to identify and correct virus issues with PC's that are sending so many error mesages to MS that they contact to help resolve. Want to gain remote access to your PC to run their own scan and show you the issues. When asked how they obtained contact information, they said from the internet service provider, Verizon. When asked why our virus protection does not identify these issues, was told because the issues are on the other side of the firewall. Then advised that if the Windows warranty is expired, they will correct the issues and provide a new two year Windows warranty for only $229, or better yet three years for $299, four years for $349 or a real bargain, lifetime warranty for $449! The next question would have been for my credit card info, but I told him I have NO money. Meanwhile I had my husband call the number from his cell phone and the same "technician", who was still on my speaker phone, answered it before disconnecting from me. How interesting to hear him thinking he was already on a call with another unsuspecting, potential, victim of a scam!