The Windows computer phone scam, also known as the tech support scam, is a type of phone scam where a caller claims to be a technician from a legitimate-sounding company and tries to trick the person on the other end of the line into paying for unnecessary technical support services.

The scammer may try to scare the victim into believing that their computer is infected with a virus or that their personal information has been compromised, and that they need to pay for a “tech support” service in order to fix the problem.

The scam may also involve the caller …