{"id":7154,"date":"2024-07-10T15:49:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T22:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/blog\/?p=7154"},"modified":"2024-07-10T15:49:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T22:49:09","slug":"microsoft-tech-support-scams-how-to-avoid-those-pesky-scammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/microsoft-tech-support-scams-how-to-avoid-those-pesky-scammers\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Tech Support Scams: How to Avoid Those Pesky Scammers"},"content":{"rendered":"

That tech support phone call you received last week, from Microsoft (about Windows 7), was a scam. Even if it sounded legitimate, Microsoft is <\/span>no longer offering tech support<\/span><\/a> for Microsoft 7, as of January 14, 2020. Tech support scams come in all forms and varieties. The worrying part is that almost everyone owns a computer and these scams can be very convincing. Read along to find out how you can spot a Microsoft tech support scam by phone call, email, text, or message.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/My-Post-9.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”1005″ offset=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”on” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

How Do These Scams on Microsoft Windows Work?<\/h3>\n

Before we begin this section, know that Microsoft will NEVER reach out to you to offer phone support. Use caution when you receive contact about tech support by email, text, message, or through a pop-up ad on a website. Microsoft tech support scammers<\/a> often call their victims by phone. The caller might ask if your computer has been acting up and say that they\u2019re an official \u201cMicrosoft Technical Support Representative\u201d. They will claim that you need to upgrade your system or that they will help you fix a bug. They might allude to you needing to download Microsoft 10 or even say that your Windows license is about to expire. <\/span><\/p>\n

The person on the phone might do one of the following things:<\/span><\/p>\n