A new phone scam is underway where people are receiving phone calls by people who state that they calling on behalf of Google.
These callers state that they received your name and number from the Google Database and that Google had detected that your computer was infected or had a problem. They further stated that they worked for Gooseberry Tech, who has a partnership with Google to offer a free remote troubleshooting evaluation of your computer.
If you agree to this evaluation, they will have you download TeamViewer and will then use it to take remote control of your computer.
They will then proceed to poke around your computer, look at event viewer, and check your programs. While doing this they will point out "serious" and "alarming" problems on your computer.
When they are done scaring you, they go in for the kill by trying to sell you a one-time fix, for $100, or a maintenance contract for $199.
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