HEADS UP! Computer scam locks user's computer 

Don't feel bad yesterday I was screwed out of five thousand seven hundred dollars😢 From this very scam, it's a long story. Thankfully money can be made over and over. But I feel so stupid for falling for i😢

Simply close the browser tab, Ctrl+w shortcut. Or you can close the browser completely, Alt+F4. Usually you can’t do that with screen buttons since the scam pop up immediately becomes full screen once open. Alternatively you can press Ctrl+Alt+Del and select the task manager, click on the browser app icon in the list and end its task. If all the above mentioned remedies fail, don’t be duped by that message like “don’t turn off your computer” - yes, you can turn it off then restart to solve; press and hold the Power button until it really turns off or unplug the power supply (and battery, if applicable). Then turn on again. If hard reboot also fails (it’s rare) to solve your problem that means there’s a malware that has been added into the startup folder. Use another device to find out how to use the safe mode reboot (depends on what operating system you are using). Then you can can remove any recently added links and files from the startup folder: WinKey+R then type “shell:startup” (without quotes), hit Enter. Important: DON’T call that number pretending to be Microsoft. Stay safe.

Lol 😂, a windows key can’t even expire, sometimes these scammers mess up badly

@@SupremeCakeVR he hung up right away when i said i have a permanent license. 😅

Either force restart your computer by holding the power button, or open task manager with ctrl + alt + del, and end the task.

⁠@@SupremeCakeVRI almost fell for this a moment ago. I said I was going to call back and I didn’t.

Husband got caught last month with this. Lost 20 grand. Bank won’t pay back as they said it was his fault in downloading the app to let the scammer take control of his device. He’s nearly 80 so we’re not as savvy with tech things. We are now though!! Learned a lot this last month. We never click on anything, never answer ‘unknown number’ calls and we look up numbers we want rather than clicking on anything. There should be warnings on tv and radio every single day reminding people of the scammers. In Australia there are over 600,000 complaints re scams every year. All banks should hold transfers to first time payees for 24 hours to at least give victims of scams time to get in touch and stop the transfer. Our bank doesn’t agree with us! Anyhoo I hope everyone is becoming so aware and vigilant about these evil call centres supposedly in business making money by stealing our hard earned savings. They target all, but a high percentage are older retired people who they hope have some savings. Good luck to all in beating them.

duh? lol.....

It’s fake, so do it. Nothing will happen.