Letter to the editor

As we move into the holiday season, telephone scammers are growing more aggressive. I received a phone call last evening. Caller ID said "Private Caller" but the man on the other end said he was from "Windows Tech Support", apparently in India, based on the accent. He was most insistent that they had discovered "multiple red flags" coming from my account and needed remote access. I laughed at him, and you should too.

I pointed out to him that Microsoft was richer than God, and didn't care about a single customer. He then said, "We're not Microsoft: we're Windows; Microsoft is a company: Window...