loud hacked warning with pop up asking me to call Microsoft Security at 1-8777680361

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Hi, Yesterday my wife was on Microsoft Edge when a loud warning about a virus with a pop-up window appeared. The window said to not shut off computer because it was locked and to call Microsoft Security at 1-877 768 0361. She did so and I don't know exactly what she did afterward but eventually she called me into the room and I spoke to the man on the phone. After hanging up on him because I refused to do what he suggested. I received several phone calls back supposedly originating in Winston-Salem NC. After blocking the first 3 of these I got tired of the constant new calls from the same loca

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