# Scam (Internet and Otherwise) Omnibus Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-internet-and-otherwise-omnibus-thread/962265 "2022-04-04T18:23:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 278
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-internet-and-otherwise-omnibus-thread/962265/278 "2022-10-20T14:56:50Z")
I’m linking a new Scam thread for any of our experts who want to chime in, above and beyond the good advice already given - seems a pretty typical ‘You computer is compromised, sign up for our service (paid) and let us install software’ type, and all the right immediate precautions have been taken. > [@Could this be a scam against my Mom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-be-a-scam-against-my-mom/973540): > > The other day while on her computer a screen came up with a warning that her computer may be compromised. There was a number and she called it, it was for California Techies and that is a real company, and the phone number they gave her is the one on their site. She signed up for $20 a month and they spent some time on her computer doing some sort of clean up, not exactly sure what, and I didn’t think much about it and she got detailed paper work emailed to her. But today I started to wonder … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-internet-and-otherwise-omnibus-thread/962265)._