I Believe These Phone Calls Are A Scam

@white_swan53 Said

I've made plans with a friend of mine to take my lap top to town and use their wi fi account to upgrade to win 10 some time soon. I tried to do it on this dial up and it said " estimated time remaining , more then 3 days" .

@LuckyCharms Said

Try to do it on a wired in connection. Wifi will take a good while longer. It took my computer about 6 hours over the wifi. My boyfriend had his done in about a half hour - granted he has a solid state drive in his laptop. The desktop computers at work took about two to three hours each on a wired in connection.

@white_swan53 Said

By ' wired in' I'm guessing you mean DSL or cable ?
My only choices are my dial up or my friends wi fi .

@LuckyCharms Said

Yeah an ethernet cable to your computer is really the best option for a big download. Just make sure you give your computer enough time if you have to do the wifi.

@white_swan53 Said

I have got 3 over the past two days . It is a recording saying it's an official call from the IRS and that they are bringing a law suit against "you" .
Every place in the recording where the name of the person they are contacting should be heard it says "you" and there is a pause before each "you" .
" This is an official call from the IRS, we are bringing a law suit against-- " you"."
Then there is a long distance phone number repeated twice , ordering "you" to call their offices.
I figure that some people will freak out when they hear 'IRS and law suit' and call the number spewing their SS number , DOB , full name ect...

@secretagentmango Said

My mom and I've been getting those, too. Quite annoying.

I believe the IRS wouldn't give phone calls for anything. A letter is understandable, but not phonecalls.

@white_swan53 Said

I want to thank you for this info, I was thinking it wouldn't take but a few minutes on anything that wasn't dial up . now we can plan the day accordingly . Thanks again .

@LuckyCharms Said

You're welcome.

Also, if you haven't been keeping up on your updates - because of the dial up - just go straight to the update to Windows 10 without bothering to do the others. You will need to be on hand here and there to push a button and do a restart sequence. After you get the big circle with the percentage, you won't be required to monitor it actively.