Martin Lewis recently revealed to GMB viewers that an elderly relative was duped into sharing their personal information and financial details with a phone scammer pretending to be from Microsoft Security Essentials. The consumer champion warned viewers not to trust anyone who calls out of the blue and explained that if the caller says they are from Microsoft Security Essentials, they are not - it’s a scam.
Martin told copresenter, Susanna Reid: “Scammers are very sophisticated, a close relative of mine was scammed, it was very upsetting. They were called by Microsoft Security Essentials which is not Microsoft Security Essentials - it’s scammers saying that their computer had been defrauded and in four hours on the phone thinking this person was helping them, gave all their details.”
He warned: “The honest truth is there are many times you’ll be called up by people trying to help you with scams, that’s what the scammers do.”
