Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox says he received one of those unsolicited phone calls from scam artists trying to steal personal information.

Thursday night Sheriff Cox received a telephone call at home from a person with a foreign accent who said he was with Microsoft and the home computer was in danger and needed immediate attention.

The man claimed the Windows operating system and Microsoft notified them of this danger and that was what prompted the call.  The sheriff played along with the person and the individual gave directions on how to give remote access to a computer.

The sheriff explained he does not have a Windows based operating system on his  computer, but the man persisted.

Cox advises you to simply hang up if you receive this type of call.