Hi all,
Just had a scam phone call from someone saying they are a support for microsoft and that microsoft has been hit with a virus and they are calling to remove it from your computers, i realised straight away that it wasn't right and played along, what he asked me to do was push the microsoft key and the letter r at the same time when i asked him to explain why i have to do this he just kept asking me to do it after i asked him why about 5 times! he just hung up.
Just a heads up incase you guys get this phone call, and if anyone can tell me why he wants you to push the microsoft key and r at the same time that would be great cause it's doing my head in what he is trying to do.
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Well thanks alot, I just pressed those keys out of curiousity any my PC exploded.
Bad jokes are bad, sorry. Actually, winkey + R simply opens a "Run" window, it's a shortcut I use frequently, the scammy part is what they want you to write there. Did a quick search and apparently this is a very known scam, they take over your PC via remote assistance and then ask for money after they "fix the problem".
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... fb5?auth=1
Bad jokes are bad, sorry. Actually, winkey + R simply opens a "Run" window, it's a shortcut I use frequently, the scammy part is what they want you to write there. Did a quick search and apparently this is a very known scam, they take over your PC via remote assistance and then ask for money after they "fix the problem".
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... fb5?auth=1
I'm surprised you've only just received this call - I get loads
Sometimes they say they are from Microsoft, sometimes they are from Windows, Virus Detection Unit etc
I hang up, or I give them abuse. I once asked for their number, so I could call them back - that soon got rid of them.
Sometimes they say they are from Microsoft, sometimes they are from Windows, Virus Detection Unit etc
I hang up, or I give them abuse. I once asked for their number, so I could call them back - that soon got rid of them.
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The dog of ry
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I get these guys all the time on the land line. I tell them that I've only just bought the computer from the shop, and it's still in the car in it's box. Once I ask them if it's an airborne virus, and how it gets through the cardboard AND the plastic wrapper??... they usually give up. Had a good coversation before the World Cup with one about the issues in the Indian ODI side. He said he would call back when they won it, guess that's one less to pester me
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The dog of ry
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Yep, I've had the swearing too.....edgeey wrote:I just let them talk for 10 mins then i say i dont have a windows computer lol they hang up or a few times swear at me lol
They seem to think everybody sleeps with their mothers
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tweebie1999
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I just tell them to F off. Unfortunately my mother fell victim to a scam and it cost her £160 for a so called repair and payment for an annual suscripton. They are a real threat to older people who dont really understand what is going on and get scared when a seemingly plausible person tells them they have a nasty virus on the computer.
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bennyboy351
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What amuses me, is that if you or I were to go looking for Child-Porn, or were trying to extort money from Royalty etc, we would very soon hear the knock on the door that meant our days of freedom were over!
Surely, all these phone calls are routed from source to receipient and, as such, are traceable?
Or am I being naeive? LOL
You are probably being a bit naive Benny
It's sad that these types of scams actually work on people, they pray on the elderly and the ignorant. My mother fell victim to a couple of obvious scams as well, especially on the internet.
Probably the most creative scam that I witnessed was when I received a late night phonecall from my neighboor who started panicking because his screen was locked up and he couldn't click or type anything. I come over and I see what looks like a completely legit police website saying how he was caught looking for underage porn and that his PC is now frozen until he pays a hefty fine via Paysafecard code, if he doesn't pay within the next couple hours he risks prison time. It was pretty remarkable how real it looked, it was citing laws and stuff but the Paysafecard thing was a dead giveaway. I think I used ctrl+alt+del or some other shortcut like that to get rid of that page since not much else worked. The very same website popped up on my screen as well one time and I dealt with it rather quickly. Needles to say, we were both surfing for porn when that happened
It's sad that these types of scams actually work on people, they pray on the elderly and the ignorant. My mother fell victim to a couple of obvious scams as well, especially on the internet.
Probably the most creative scam that I witnessed was when I received a late night phonecall from my neighboor who started panicking because his screen was locked up and he couldn't click or type anything. I come over and I see what looks like a completely legit police website saying how he was caught looking for underage porn and that his PC is now frozen until he pays a hefty fine via Paysafecard code, if he doesn't pay within the next couple hours he risks prison time. It was pretty remarkable how real it looked, it was citing laws and stuff but the Paysafecard thing was a dead giveaway. I think I used ctrl+alt+del or some other shortcut like that to get rid of that page since not much else worked. The very same website popped up on my screen as well one time and I dealt with it rather quickly. Needles to say, we were both surfing for porn when that happened
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bennyboy351
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Surfing for porn eh? That'll teach you! LOL