Telephone call informs me that my pc has been hacked ???

Lady Fitzgerald · 18 Apr 2014

I've had several of them. I normally string them along by acting stupid, such as acting like I don't know what a computer is or why is M$ calling about my Mac (no, I do NOT have one). The last one caught me at a bad time and in a bad mood. My caller ID said the call was from some east coast directory assistance. As soon as the north end of a southbound horse with an Indian accent claimed to be from M$, I called him a (expletives deleted) stupid liar and told him to go to a place noted for its excessively warm climate, then hung up.

ignatzatsonic · 19 Apr 2014

Reverse lookup leads here:

LAP Support, Online Technical Support

Here's a pretty good explanation of how these scammers work:

http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/20...replyto=246196

madcratebuilder · 19 Apr 2014

I tell them I have to get in my office to my computer and to call back at my office phone and give them the number to my local Police Dept.

ignatzatsonic · 19 Apr 2014

Do these guys choose their targeted phone numbers completely at random?

Or from a selected list? Listed numbers only?

I've never had such a call and wonder why. I can't recall every getting any type of tele-marketing call either.

guitarfiend · 20 Apr 2014

Derekimo-I also got that same call about a month ago ! They said the same thing ! That one of our pc's was sending out viruses.

lehnerus2000 · 20 Apr 2014

They called me (again) a couple of weeks ago.
There were so many scammers talking (in the "factory") that I couldn't understand the guy.

Lady Fitzgerald · 21 Apr 2014

lehnerus2000 said:

They called me (again) a couple of weeks ago.
There were so many scammers talking (in the "factory") that I couldn't understand the guy.

The term for where they work is "boiler room".