MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
We will be in touch
...from a heavily accented bloke claiming to be from 'i.t department' (this was at home by the way, not at work) informing me that my computer was 'wrong, sending error messages'. I politely thanked him, informed him I would carry out a security scan, and hung up. What's all that about then?
'find' a virus and get you to pay them to fix it.
One of them scammers you hear about. You're [i]supposed[/i] to egg him on, keep him on the line and eventually piss him off..
keep them on line as long as possible and post the result here
there was a thread a couple of weeks ago about it
It's a scam.
They get you to look at event viewer to go "look, errors," then direct you to logmein so they can fix it, whereupon they install a load of malware and ask you for your credit card details to fix it.
Scamtastic! I gave him my bank details though, just in case 😉
Talk you through looking at some error log, convince you that this means you should either give them remote control of your PC or install a bit of their security software, trying then to charge you for it and most likely installing a trojan/key logger on your PC.
They like it when you whisper sweet nothings. Then tell them it's 5 quid a minute if they want to continue on to the hot and heavy stufff.
I just wanted to hear your voice.