Beware of Virus phone scam from call centres in India

You often hear about these scams, but it got close to home today when my parents were targetted! They didn’t fall for it, but the Indian sounding man who was probably in a call centre, knew their christian names and told them there was a problem with their computer.  If they turned it on, he would be able to identify the problems and sort them out for them.  Realising it was a scam, Mum and Dad quickly ended the call. I googled it and found news of this scam on the Guardian website: www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres Don’t fall for it!