Carluke company warns of costly computer scam

COMPUTER users in Carluke are being urged not to fall for a scam fraudulently linked to PC giant Microsoft.

By The Newsroom

Published 16th Feb 2012, 10:10 BST

The scam involves hackers randomly targeting people and fraudulently obtaining their credit card details, before locking them out of their computer.

The warning comes from ICT Carluke Computer Centre owner Linda Craig.

For more on this, pick up a copy of this week’s Carluke Gazette.