As more and more people become acquainted by the tricks used by internet scammers and cybercriminals, so they are pressed to find new social engineering tricks in their hope of tricking the unwary.
One of the schemes we have heard of involves unsolicited calls via Skype, where an automated message (what I like to call a "Digital Dorothy") warns you in a semi-robotic voice that your computer's security is not up-to-date.
The following YouTube video, shows just such a scam call caught on camera :
Warning: Some of the language used in this video is a little fruity.
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