1 Telephone Scammers Sun Jul 01, 2012 2:19 pm
Emilia
Administrator
Yes, this is a long video, but it is worth watching.
This scam is a new version of the Microsoft scam, where they rung up claiming to be from Microsoft and they have reports that your computer has a virus.
Well, I guess not that many people fell for that, so they are now claiming to be people who can help you find errors, and if they do have errors, they will help you get rid of them.
In both scams, they get you to download a remote access program, which means they can run your computer and put viruses on there directly. Then after "fixing" your computer, they ask for payment of their services, stealing your credit card details.
Have you gotten any of these scams? Or is there something a little bit different?