A Boardman, Ohio woman who got a call last week from “Microsoft tech support” is out $6,000 because now the scam is to tell marks there’s child porn on their smartphone – so the idiot bought that amount in Home Depot cards and gave them the codes to “remove” the porn, WKBN reports.
Lucky for her she was not named in the report because god-freaking-dammit she should never be able to live that one down. Even if they’re that convincing about the “tech support” aspect of the scam (they aren’t, ever) then shouldn’t the Home Depot gift card ransom have been a red flag? Shit.