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No time in the yard today; all my time (this morning) focused on my two laptop computers. My first Internet search suggested I could download a solution to a CD so I was searching for a blank. I rarely access the old (old) computer disks. Quite amusing: An old disk with “1996 newsletter.” (I can throw that away.)
No small amount of time attempting to download only to learn (after the fact) it would cost $29.95. I abandoned that… and continued searching the Internet. Next, a toll-free number identified as “Dell Support.” From 10:23 until 11:30, I was on the phone with Supriya Kumari, in India, a technician with GuruAid.com. After an hour with access to this computer, she was unable to provide assistance to unlock my Dell computer. She offered a plan for one-year technical support for $199.99. I declined; she offered one-time-only for $79.00. I thanked her for her time and said I’m eighty-three, on fixed income, and will “tough it out” (muddle it through) without their technical assistance. The deed was done but curiosity prompted me to search… and GuruAid is portrayed as a SCAM on the Internet.
Next: Make an effort to contact Dell.




Hope you didn’t give her your credit card number. If so, she will steal your identity. Happened to me with HP imposter. FROM INDIA. Went through 3 months of hell and had to get a new Visa.
Have you checked your credit card fraud department??? Are all your debits legitimate? I am afraid you are naive about identity theft possibilities you could have exposed yourself to.