I got a haunting call yesterday.  A man called, it sounded like from India, and told me that he was calling from Dell about my Dell (Model number mentioned) computer. So I listened more seriously.  He said my computer was sending error messages to Dell and we needed to fix it.

Alarm bells immediately went up.

What?

I knew that was nonsense!!

So I said to him, if you are from Dell, email me from your Dell.com email account now.

And he said, “No, no, no!!”

And by the tone of his voice, I was 100% sure it was a scam.

I hung up. 

But now I am worried.  Did someone at Dell sell customer’s information to scammers? Did Dell have a data breach? How come this stranger in India knew I owned a Dell, knew my model number and how did he get my phone number?    I have not put that online anywhere!!

Something stinks here, and I’m not liking it.

I tweeted Dell yesterday, and they told me to report it to the FTC.  I did, but I’m still uneasy.

What do you think?