bountyhunter Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) Just in case, for those who are not aware: One of the widest and most pervasive scams running is increasing lately. I have been called five times in the last month. A scammer will call you on the phone (Indian accent and you can hear a lot of voice chatter in the background) and will give you a variant of this spiel: I work at the Windows Service center. Your computer has been infected with a virus and is sending us error messages. You need to go to a website (they give you the address) so I cn fix it. WARNING: that website allows them to take control of your computer and download viruses and malware. They also will demand you pay $ for them to fix it or they will trash the computer. You can just hang up but I recommend wasting as much time as you can since the time they are talking to you is time they are not scamming somebody else. http://sites.sju.edu/oit/index.php/2013/10/23/window-service-center-scam/ https://blog.malwarebytes.org/fraud-scam/2013/04/phone-scammers-call-the-wrong-guy-get-mad-and-trash-pc/ http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/avoid-phone-scams.aspx Edited October 20, 2014 by bountyhunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Yeppers, I can keep the boy on the phone for at least an hour before I tell him where to go. Great time screwing with them. New sport! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Thanks for the heads up. :bow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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