I had sort of a reverse scam call. Last month, we lost internet and I was trouble shooting. SWMBO was "strongly encouraging" me to call Cox tech support, while was not quite ready to do that just yet. Apparently she had a real need to get back online ASAP. I finally asked her to look up the number for me, and she did so on her smartphone. I called the number she gave me, and had one of the weirdest tech support calls ever. First thing was that I got right through to them without being put on hold, this should have been my first clue! The guy had a thick Indian accent, but I could understand him. I kept asking him to check my connection, but all he wanted me to log onto a website. logmein2.com or something like that. So that he could have a look at my system. He was sure that I had been infected with the nastiest virus know to man. I tried to explain to him that I could not go to any website because MY INTERNET WAS DOWN! At one point he put me on hold and after a short period, I got a dial tone. He then called me back! After quite a bit of jiber jaber he decided he needed to know the names of my children and all their email addresses. that's when I hung up.
Take away from the story, is that these guys are even posting phoney tech support phone numbers on the internet. I just assumed that since I had called Cox tech support, that I really was talking to Cox. It took me a little while to actually discover that I was not talking to Cox, I really couldn't remember if I had given him anything he could use, but I don't think so. Nothing has come of it yet at this point, but I am still on high alert, just in case. I asked SWMBO if she could find the site where she got the number again but could not.