Security Expert Fools, Records Fake Antivirus Scammers

[Mgreenlee]

This is probably the best thing I've read today!

"Phony AV scammers posing as Microsoft dialed the wrong number when they inadvertently phoned a security researcher at home -- he exposes their obvious lack of technical know-how"

http://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/167901121/security/client-security/240001025/security...

The caller said he was from Microsoft and that Magram's computer had been sending multiple error messages to the software company. "He said they thought I had some viruses and malware," recalls Magram, who immediately knew that it was a scam. "It was surreal."