New form of scam - beware

[joddle]

Several of my family and friends in the UK are being hit by the same attempted scam - not via email but by the telephone. An Indian sounding gent calls up and says he is working for Microsoft has been asked to "help them" with a problem which has been reported by their systems - then goes on to ask for details etc which luckily all my famly and friends have been too wise to give him - and one relative does not even own a PC!!! However a nasty trick and seemingly an attempt to be able to get at the stuff on their PCs and so as we all use PCs a lot for our business and often display telephone numbers and contact details it may not be too long before our Asian fiend tries it on with one of us...