I’ve been rung twice within six days by the same company.

They must be desperate.

A bloke has rung me reporting to be a Microsoft technician.

He speaks very convincingly.

He says that you have a virus/hacker on your computer and you need to eradicate it immediately.

He asked me to log onto my computer, so I can see how the computer is being hacked.

He states that if you don’t do this immediately the police are coming around to confiscate your computer.

Naturally I ended the conversation at this point.

I am concerned there are many people (particularly elderly), who may easily get sucked in by these scammers’ demands.

I suggest if you receive a similar phone call you report it to scamwatch.gov.au.

This may be the only way we can stamp out this practice.

— MARK RATCLIFFE,

Albury