Police help Microsoft stop scam
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft has successfully called in the help of U.K. police to stop an e-mail scam that urges users to call a special number to get help securing Windows. The number, which actually connected the caller to a real Microsoft number but charged a bit more, was disconnected Thursday around noon U.K. time. A Microsoft spokesman confirmed the Redmond, Washington , company is "working with U.K. law enforcement to investigate the e-mail scam." "We don't think it is appropriate that somebody should defraud our customers and of course it is our obligation to pursue any such action," the spokesman said.