Another telephone scam to be aware of!

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I received two phone calls today with a woman's voice telling me that "Your computer is causing problems" ... "please press #1 for Microsoft Technical Advice".


MS will not call anyone, unless you call them first for help.


Scam! ;)
 

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PC/Desktop
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Bruce ... somewhere in his 40's
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit SP1
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Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2400 MHz
Motherboard
INTEL/D975XBX2
Memory
4 GB
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ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro
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Samsung SyncMaster 914v
Screen Resolution
1280 x 1024
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2/500GB each ... ST3500630AS ATA Device.
One is not connected
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Rocketfish 700 W
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G.Skill Gigabyte Chassis
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Standard PS/2 Keyboard
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Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
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Avira Internet Security
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IE 11
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Jacee said:
I received two phone calls today with a woman's voice telling me that "Your computer is causing problems" ... "please press #1 for Microsoft Technical Advice".


MS will not call anyone, unless you call them first for help.


Scam! ;)
Click to expand...

I've had 4-5 of these calls over the past 2 years.
A mans voice with a heavy accent.
It's actually hard to believe that people actually fall for this.
How the heck would anyone know that people...give your head a shake.
I'm having problems right now.
Maybe they could give me a call and fix it my problem. lol :D
 
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Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP 2000-150CA Notebook
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
CPU
Intel Pentium P6200 2.13 GHz
Motherboard
HP 3674 28.49 1066 MH / BIOS: HP F.34
Memory
4.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD Graphics
Sound Card
Multimedia HD
Monitor(s) Displays
15.3
Screen Resolution
1366X768
Hard Drives
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 ATA
(500.11 GB)
Keyboard
Standard PS2
Mouse
Synaptics PS2 Port Touch Pad / Microsoft HID-compliant mouse
Internet Speed
100 Mbps
Antivirus
MSE
Browser
PaleMoon / Fire Fox
Other Info
Purchased 2011
You would be surprised at how many people actually do fall this sort of scam.:shock:
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Bruce ... somewhere in his 40's
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit SP1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2400 MHz
Motherboard
INTEL/D975XBX2
Memory
4 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster 914v
Screen Resolution
1280 x 1024
Hard Drives
2/500GB each ... ST3500630AS ATA Device.
One is not connected
PSU
Rocketfish 700 W
Case
G.Skill Gigabyte Chassis
Keyboard
Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse
Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
Internet Speed
DSL
Antivirus
Avira Internet Security
Browser
IE 11
Other Info
ATI HDMI Audio
Jacee said:
You would be surprised at how many people actually do fall this sort of scam.:shock:
Click to expand...

It is quite sad really,

the people who have common sense to know not to give there credit card number or ss number to a random person, is the same person that buys the "your pc is infected" story over the phone.

Does not make sense to me. But unfortunately it happens.

There is always someone out there, and always will be.
 

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PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Built
OS
Windows 10 Pro
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G Processor with Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics
Motherboard
ASRock X470 Master SLI/AC AM4 AMD Promontory X470 SATA 6Gb/s
Memory
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM D
Graphics Card(s)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (EVGA)
Sound Card
Motherboard Built in
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer R240HY bidx 23.8-Inch IPS HDMI DVI VGA (1920 x 1080) Wi
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
1TB Sandisk SSD PLUS (Main drive)
500 GB Seagate 7200 RPM (Games)
500 GB Western Digital 7200 RPM (Virtual Machines)
PSU
CORSAIR TX Series TX650M 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply
Case
CORSAIR CARBIDE SPEC-02 Mid-Tower Gaming Case, Red LED Fan
Cooling
220mm, two 120mm, and four 60mm fans
Keyboard
Wired Dell keyboard
Mouse
Wireless Logitech mouse
Internet Speed
250mb down, 30mb up
Antivirus
Panda Cloud Antivirus
Browser
Chrome-ish x64
Other Info
Your awesome for reading this.
essenbe told me there are videos on YouTube how some people scam the scammers.

Just do some YouTube searches ;)
 

My Computer My Computer

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PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU
AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard
SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory
2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card(s)
Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card
on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays
19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution
1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
PSU
430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case
All Generic Full Towers
Cooling
Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Keyboard
Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse
Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
Internet Speed
Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus
AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser
IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info
Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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