On Sunday 19 September 2004 11:26 am, Chad Perrin wrote:
> Charles Marcak wrote:
> > On a new installation of Windows Xp. First thing I try is to update. I
> > get a message saying that MS wants $19.95 for a fix for security issues,
> > pop ups etc. Let me get this striaght. I pay good money for a operating
> > system that is touted to do everything except save the world. And then
> > they have the nerve to say "Oh by the way, what you paid us for is broke
> > and we need $19.95 to fix it. So it will work the way it was supposed to
> > in the first place. Is this a scam to get a credit card number or is
> > this for real?
>
> That sounds like a scam -- or a very funny joke.
As bad as one may think of them, this still sounds like a scam. Who said they
wanted it, what were their web name, IP, mail headers etc?
--Steve Szmidt
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