Tabvla
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Under the W8 Forum I (and others) have been assisting a Member who has apparently been scammed.
What I fail to understand is how this Member ended up on a scam website which resulted in a ruined system which needs to be completely rebuilt.
The Member contacted Microsoft (with a relatively minor problem relating to the MS Store) on what the Member describes as a valid and verified contact. I looked at that contact and agree that it certainly appears to be a valid MS contact. During the conversation with "Microsoft" the Member was given a link to an "engineer" - and this is where things went wrong. I resolved that link and found that it linked to a known Malware and Scam site.
My question is "where has this gone wrong....
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It is IMPORTANT to note that this is NOT the typical Microsoft Support Desk scam. This is quite different but ends up with the same result.
The Thread can be found at the link below. Scroll down to Post #11 and then read the 6 Posts from #11 to #16.
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-8/1141536-2hrs-microsoft-tech-couldnt-fix.html
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What I fail to understand is how this Member ended up on a scam website which resulted in a ruined system which needs to be completely rebuilt.
The Member contacted Microsoft (with a relatively minor problem relating to the MS Store) on what the Member describes as a valid and verified contact. I looked at that contact and agree that it certainly appears to be a valid MS contact. During the conversation with "Microsoft" the Member was given a link to an "engineer" - and this is where things went wrong. I resolved that link and found that it linked to a known Malware and Scam site.
My question is "where has this gone wrong....
It is IMPORTANT to note that this is NOT the typical Microsoft Support Desk scam. This is quite different but ends up with the same result.
The Thread can be found at the link below. Scroll down to Post #11 and then read the 6 Posts from #11 to #16.
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-8/1141536-2hrs-microsoft-tech-couldnt-fix.html
T.