Getting calls that say they are from Microsoft and I have virus

 Getting calls that say they are from Microsoft and I have virus.
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The U.S. government is cracking down on scammers that lure people -- particularly elderly people -- into spending hundreds of dollars on virus protection software they don't need.

The Federal Trade Commission said Friday that it's bringing 16 new enforcement actions, including complaints, settlements, indictments, and guilty pleas, against tech fraudsters. But Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi -- who is working with the FTC on the issue -- warned there are still more scammers out there, and regulators need the public's help to catch them.

"The only way we're going to stop this is if you report it," Bondi said.

She asked that people immediately notify the FTC if they see pop-up ads that warn people their computers are infected with a virus or malware and solicit them to buy virus protection software. The ads are often designed to resemble legitimate security alerts.

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They often prompt the user to call a phone number to get help. Anyone who calls gets a slick-talking telemarketer who works to convince them that they need to spend hundreds of dollars on new protective software, even though their computers may have never been infected in the first place.

After a victim grants computer access to the scammers to install protective software, the scammers can put spyware on the victim's computers, which can expose everything from family photos to financial information, the FTC says.

The commission has received more than 96,000 complaints from people who have been swindled out of a combined total of more than $24.6 million, according to FTC Acting Director Tom Pahl.    call  microsoft support +1-877-353-1149

Elderly people and tech newbies are particularly vulnerable. At Friday's press conference, Pahl played a recording of a 90-year-old man on the phone with an alleged scammer.

"I'm new to the computer," the elderly man says.

Then, a salesman tells the man "you have a [computer] infection" and pressures him into agreeing to pay for "repairs."

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