Today I received a phone call offering to fix my PC. Instead of thinking “wow, how kind of someone to offer to help me”, my suspicious mind naturally contemplated other motives.<\/p>\n
It turns out that this is indeed a telemarketing scam, and a widespread one. My caller identified his company as On-line PC Care, but they apparently do business also as On-line PC Doctors, and perhaps other names. They do business from India.<\/p>\n
This scam has targeted people in the UK, Ireland, Australia, U.S., and Canada. Today was at least the second time they called me this year. Apparently the routine goes something like this:<\/p>\n
Even if this company does provide a useful service, which is doubtful, their business practices are shoddy. They ignore the fact that in some jurisdictions their calls are illegal. Here in Canada there is a government operated Do Not Call registry. The public may register their phone numbers to avoid telemarketing calls and companies, with a few exceptions, are legally required to honour this list and not contact those people. I am registered on that list, so this company contravenes Canadian law whenever they phone me. There are similar registries in the U.S. and UK, which this company ignores.<\/p>\n
If your computer is running slowly, and this does happen as stuff accumulates over time, there are good tools available to fix that. Many of those tools are free. If you need personal assistance, do yourself and your local economy a favour and find a local service person. I guarantee that the experience will be more positive than dealing with this underhanded telemarketer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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