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gmhyman
Guide
Mar 25, 2026

The scammers persist

I contacted Netgear support sousing their chat function.  Then”person”: gave me a number to called to get an “expert”.  The actual problem was an HP printer dropping connections.   Ingot passed to th...
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schumaku
Guru - Experienced User
Mar 28, 2026
gmhyman wrote:

I contacted Netgear support sousing their chat function.

 

Where ever you expected to find a real Netgear chat - certainly not using the official support. Netgear does certainly never install some useless software on your system.

 

gmhyman wrote:

The actual problem was an HP printer dropping connections.

 

There are many Spam-gangs out there fishing for paying "innocent customers" - this is a very typical subject where you will find many faux offerings in the wild Internet.