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To: Doug Coughlan who wrote (87168)	12/19/2014 9:46:31 AM
From: Gottfried	of 110655

Microsoft takes on tech support scammers bbc.com excerpt: The callers ask to take over a home computer and demand money to fix it. Some then install viruses as well. The software company said it had received more than 65,000 complaints about tech support scams since May. It is taking legal action against several firms it accuses of misusing its name in such cases. Fake adsThe scam has been around for decades with callers peddling useless security software and tricking people into spending hundreds of pounds (or dollars) to solve non-existent computer problems.

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