RE: New Style Computer Scam via a Phone Call?

Same. My partner had this happen too.There was something in the HB Today about these incidents

reg/linux/usr/#453274 /reg/ubuntu/usr/#17340






> Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 00:49:15 +1200
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [hblug] New Style Computer Scam via a Phone Call?
> 
> I have heard a few people talking about this. From what I can gather,
> they ask you to download some software that "fixes" the problem (which
> is actually a trojan according to most virus scanners).
> Only Windows users are affected, so if they fall for it, its their own
> fault for using Windows
> 
> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Perry Spiller <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Scam Or Not?
> >
> > What Happened
> >
> > At 2.26pm, Saturday 7 May 2011, I received an anonymous phone call.
> > The caller had an Indian accent and there was lots of background
> > (typical-call-centre-type) noise. He was not easy to hear.
> >
> > He represented that he was from Window Operating System technical
> > support and was responding to a computer problem that I had 'logged.'
> > I said I had not done such a thing and that I regarded his call as
> > suspicious and a likely scam.
> >
> > He suggested that I turn my computer on so he could show me how to
> > fix the problem. At that point, I said that I was almost sure the call was
> > a fraud, said 'goodbye' and hung up.
> >
> > There was no call back.
> >
> > Speculation
> >
> > Perhaps I should've followed the instructions to a certain point, to
> > see what happened? I suspect that I would've been asked to download
> > a patch (or some similar expression), which I would have declined to do.
> >
> > However, had I persisted for a little longer, I may've got a clearer
> > idea of the complete modus operandi, to pass on, in an effort to
> > forewarn others.
> >
> > Or maybe I should've said I used Linux or had a Mac, to see what
> > happened?
> >
> > I expect most on-to-it computer users would not succumb to this
> > (new?) sort of scam. However . . . .
> >
> >
> >
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