collective convivial sentients

apparently there is a phone scam going around

where you'll get a phone call saying that they're from Microsoft Technical Support and they have detected a problem with your computer and they want to help you

here are some instances of people who have played along

one of them straight

I got an urgent call last night at 10pm from "Windows Service Department".  The woman on the other end of the line assured me that my computer was infected, and she would show me.

Now, most here will recognize the scam - they've called most of Canada by now.  This was our second such call.