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    Local Alert – 1800 Scam doing the rounds again

    This is just a quick notice to alert people of a major scam doing the rounds in Baw Baw again.  I have had a number of calls from local resident’s that have responded to a notice from their computer screen to call a 1800 number. There are a variety of different scams that will cause this… using scare tactics like: “Your computer is about to fail… call  1800 xxxxxx for help” of ” A hacker has control of your PC… call 1800 xxxxxx so we can assist you to remove the threat” … and the list goes on.  In some cases your computer will even seem unresponsive due to hackers…