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[ COMPUTER HELP DESK SCAMS ]
Computer Help Desk Scams are everywhere! They are very insidious and often hidden behind flowery language and pretty pictures. All seeking to defraud their victims by playing on their lack of knowledge and innocence. Plus, they know what various social demographics of people to target upon too. So it's a “Buyer Beware” event. Sadly, many decent good-hearted individuals get duped into their fee based traps and lose a lot of money over it. Computer Help Desk Scams are not a victimless crime.
[ Be Alert For Spoofed Local Phone #s ]
"As people try to screen unwanted phone calls, unscrupulous telemarketers and scam artists have looked for new ways to lure people to answer calls. One increasingly common technique scam artists use is to falsify or “spoof” their caller ID information with local phone numbers or information to make it look like the calls are coming from a nearby person or business. While the caller’s information may falsely appear local, the calls are often placed by scam artists who are located outside the state or country."
[ Antitrust Guidelines for Business ]
Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers. This is put out by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission.
[ MS WINDOWS NOTES ]
Microsoft's "Windows 11" is the operating system that most people use. It currently as of December 2023, has no End of Support date.
However, they are ending its support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. Thus, Microsoft will no longer be producing updates for it. Here is their supporting document that gives more details: "Windows 10 Home and Pro - Microsoft Lifecycle.pdf"
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