Dad got taken for $300 from the fake "Microsoft Support" people. And then had to pay a local firm to fix & remove all the stuff they changed when he allowed th

Dad got taken for $300 from the fake "Microsoft Support" people. And then had to pay a local firm to fix & remove all the stuff they changed when he allowed them remote access. He was a smart man. But as he got older he would lose patience with websites and just click on anything .. ANYTHING to get the popups to go away. Which had the inevitable result. This is despite me telling him not to do that. And if his computer started acting up, just mail it to me and I'd reload it for him. But he didn't want to "be a bother" and his pride meant he would refuse to admit to himself that he had been taken. Talk to your parents, be patient and explain it's not a bother, that everyone eventually gets affected by the scammers. And that you're more than willing to help them.