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They will then go on to offer to fix it for you right away&#8230;for a price and then ask you to download a piece of software so they can access your machine to do the repair.<\/p>\n<p>If you receive a call like this, simply hang up.  The scammers don\u2019t know anything about your computer, they have simply plucked your name from the phone book.<\/p>\n<p>More details on this type of Scam can be found at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scamwatch.gov.au\/content\/index.phtml\/itemId\/792165\">Scamwatch website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your phone rings out of the blue with a call from someone telling you there\u2019s a fault with your computer, hang up! This is simply a low-tech scam that\u2019s been going on for some time. 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