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Old 31st Aug 2012, 10:12
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Please explain possible scam

Can any of you resident experts explain this please.
Last week a phone call purporting to be from my French bank saying I have a virus on my pc and that I should run an Anti virus program and change my password.I ran AVG free and changed my password.
Today she phoned again to say I still have a virus.I asked her why there was no message to me on my Credit Agricole login and she said it only applied to a few people. I then rang the bank and of course they said that nobody had called me and that it was probably a scam!!
My question is-what could they possibly gain? She did not ask(nor would I ever say) for any of my account details and in fact she told me to run an Antivirus.
Any advice appreciated

Confused of Brittany

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