Does anyone have a phone number to make contact with Microsoft's fraud department? The web form they have asks for information which I don't wish to reveal at this point, but suffice to say the problem is within a Government department, and the external contractor is refusing to give passwords, unless paid a four figure sum. George
Hi George, I've worked with many government agencies at the local and state level. Your issue perplexes me a bit. In an event where a vendor will not give passwords, there is means to address this that I will not go into on this list. If the vendor provided software that is not legit, then the government should pursue legal action. Best, Billy -----Original Message----- From: george@techno-vision.co.uk <george@techno-vision.co.uk> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2021 7:13 AM To: blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Pirated Microsoft Software Does anyone have a phone number to make contact with Microsoft's fraud department? The web form they have asks for information which I don't wish to reveal at this point, but suffice to say the problem is within a Government department, and the external contractor is refusing to give passwords, unless paid a four figure sum. George _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org
Hi Billy, Tricky one, but initially I would like to actually speak to someone at Microsoft, to see what precisely they require to pursue matters. I am advising legal action, but there appears to be some politics going on above my paygrade. I'd hasten to add that the sum involved runs well into 5 figures of tax payers money. George -----Original Message----- From: Billy Irwin <billy.irwin@outlook.com> Sent: 27 September 2021 17:22 To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Pirated Microsoft Software Hi George, I've worked with many government agencies at the local and state level. Your issue perplexes me a bit. In an event where a vendor will not give passwords, there is means to address this that I will not go into on this list. If the vendor provided software that is not legit, then the government should pursue legal action. Best, Billy -----Original Message----- From: george@techno-vision.co.uk <george@techno-vision.co.uk> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2021 7:13 AM To: blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Pirated Microsoft Software Does anyone have a phone number to make contact with Microsoft's fraud department? The web form they have asks for information which I don't wish to reveal at this point, but suffice to say the problem is within a Government department, and the external contractor is refusing to give passwords, unless paid a four figure sum. George _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org
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Billy Irwin
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