FabSwingers.com forum: SCAM DOING THE ROUNDS BEWARE

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Very important you are all aware of this scam,

1 you will get a telephone call,from someone who says they work for Microsoft,THE PERSON DOESN'T Microsoft will not contact you ever over the phone.

2 the person will say your pc is in danger of infection/crashing

3 the person then wants you to allow remote access to your pc,to repair it

4 DON'T ALLOW THIS AT ALL COSTS,HANG UP AND INFORM THE POLICE,ITS A SCAM THE PERSON WANTS YOUR DETAILS TO GET MONEY FROM YOUR BANK ACCOUNT!!!!,IF YOU DO ALLOW ACCESS PLEASE CANCEL ALL YOUR BANK/CREDIT CARDS AND TELL THE BANK WHY

5 It happened to a personal friend of mine so be warned

6 i sure hope this helps prevent more fraud

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *kmale421Man
over a year ago

wirral

"Very important you are all aware of this scam,

1 you will get a telephone call,from someone who says they work for Microsoft,THE PERSON DOESN'T Microsoft will not contact you ever over the phone.

2 the person will say your pc is in danger of infection/crashing

3 the person then wants you to allow remote access to your pc,to repair it

5 It happened to a personal friend of mine so be warned

6 i sure hope this helps prevent more fraud "

This is true, I own a computer repair centre and we have seen several computers coming in that the owner has had this call. It also scares you because if you fall for it it suggests you have all sorts on your computer like child porn etc, you don't but it suggests it.

They do plant a virus in your computer though so you should take it to a computer repair centre to get it cleaned if you are affected.

As the OP says hang up and remember that no one from Microsoft would ever phone you to tell you that you have a virus on your computer

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By *xscotMan
over a year ago

Kingston

we get these almost every day - usually from a call centre in India - and they give a european name ith a strong accent - I play them along for a bit and then hang up

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

thanks good advice..

i normally let them ramble on and then ask them if they are part of a criminal newtork?

then they hang up...

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By *hyguy 43Man
over a year ago

Swansea

my mam gets these calls every week and plays them along for a bit then hangs up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Very important you are all aware of this scam,

1 you will get a telephone call,from someone who says they work for Microsoft,THE PERSON DOESN'T Microsoft will not contact you ever over the phone.

2 the person will say your pc is in danger of infection/crashing

3 the person then wants you to allow remote access to your pc,to repair it

5 It happened to a personal friend of mine so be warned

6 i sure hope this helps prevent more fraud "

As soon as Id've heard the word microsoft the phone would've been straight down anyway!

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By *andyguy59Man
over a year ago

Gatwick

I say "ooo have we got a computer can you tell me where it is please.."

I have an Apple Mac.....

They usually hang up...apart from the one that accused me of lying when I said I had an Apple Mac....I hung up...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's fun, giving them access to a non existent pc, they keep trying to log in until I eventually come clean and tell them I don't even own a pc.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

thanks for the info

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By *ellAndBobCouple
over a year ago

Farnborough

My dad gets these calls.

He shouts at them and tells them they're crooks. Quite alarming when I took my SO round to visit and he did it.

They still call him despite this.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yep, happened to me. They caught me at a busy time and I couldn't understand the conversation at all but didn't want to seem rude. Next time, I'll do what my neighbour does and tell them I'll get the home owner, put the handset on the table and go watch telly for an hour or so.

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

THE funniest thing is to play along with them and pretend your doing it..my ole man did this a couple weeks ago.. it was so funny cos he kept saying he couldnt hear making them repeat every thing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Damn you mean Mr Rahman I just spoke to on the telephone wasn't actually fixing my computer but instead up to no good?

But he was such a lovely guy!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

had this call a few months ago......... told them we knew it was a scam etc, surprise surprise they ended the call quickly ......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like the idea of telling them some fake pc details!!

If anyone rings you up and asks for your info, give them it but change a bit. eg if they ask you to confirm your birthdate, tell them it all correct except the wrong month. If they are legit they will tell you that you're wrong. Then you ask what's wrong... and if they tell you the right answer you know they are ok.

If they don't say anything is wrong you know they are dodgy. I've done this when my bank has rung me up (why oh why do they cold call??!) and it worked.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"THE funniest thing is to play along with them and pretend your doing it..my ole man did this a couple weeks ago.. it was so funny cos he kept saying he couldnt hear making them repeat every thing.

Oi, that's my trick

But you can always string a nice Geordie babe along on the phone for quite a while

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Had one of these calls and almost fell for it!

Then hung up and did ring Microsoft and spoke to a very helpful person in their fraud office! Thankfully I didn't get to sucked in! Stressed me right out though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

they seem to repeat call you a few times and once I replied to them saying that they had rung microsoft they soon hung up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yep, had this as well. Strung them along for a bit before getting bored.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i get these 2 or 3 times a week sometime put phone down sometimes tell them i dont have a computer

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ok I've decided that I'm so sick of these calls that I'm off to buy a whistle .....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have asked them to stay on the phone for another 3 mins because the virus i'm uploading to their computer is almost installed...click call ended...lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you have the time, string them along is better, the longer they are on the phone to you the less time they have to try and con someone else...

Asking them about details of the virus, when you have got a pen and paper handy, get them to tell you what the problem is, when they ask you what what's on the PC screen, tell them it's connected to the TV, and it's a Sinclair spectrum or similar...

The over all game should be to keep them on as long as possible and get them to hang up...

Remember, it's probably a poor person trying to earn a living on the other end, and their unlikely to know that they are scamming.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

" If they are legit they will tell you that you're wrong. Then you ask what's wrong... and if they tell you the right answer you know they are ok.

NO!!!!!!! Jeeeez! If they tell you you are wrong, it just means they have already got the info by some other source and are ready for such 'spoiling' techniques by 'targets'.

If you don't know the caller - NEVER NEVER NEVER give ANY personal info over the phone!!!! I used to work for a direct marketing services company years ago and the telemarketing side could tell you all kinds of stories about the sort of info people will give to complete strangers over the phone.

I even refused to give info to the CSA because THEY couldn't confirm who they were - didn't arf piss them off! Ha ha ha!!!!!!

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By *wencatWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

also on same lines u get a message on your comp saying u accessed a illigal site and the police wil be round in 24 hrs u cannot get rid of this they want your bank detales to repair it this is also a scam had to take mine into shop to get it sorted ....

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

I get them to talk dirty to me before I hang up. It's much cheaper and they are very good

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By *iceguydaveMan
over a year ago

Monmouth

"also on same lines u get a message on your comp saying u accessed a illigal site and the police wil be round in 24 hrs u cannot get rid of this they want your bank detales to repair it this is also a scam had to take mine into shop to get it sorted ...."

This one happened to a friend of mine last week - I suggested she download and run MalwareBytes AntiMalware from download.com (it's free), and it found and cleared the problem for her. Her other half was scared to take it to a shop because of all the porn on it, of course!

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By *kmale421Man
over a year ago

wirral

I have seen this a few times in recent months coming into our shop too, it often puts an image of a Policeman on your screen too. The more sophisticated virus even switches your web cam on and really scared the shit out of a couple of my customers.

It's actually quite a nasty little virus that gets quite deep into the computer and has took our engineers a fair bit of time to ensure it is totally removed from the computer.

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By *wencatWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

some awful people out there pity carnt turn it back on them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Very important you are all aware of this scam,

1 you will get a telephone call,from someone who says they work for Microsoft,THE PERSON DOESN'T Microsoft will not contact you ever over the phone.

2 the person will say your pc is in danger of infection/crashing

3 the person then wants you to allow remote access to your pc,to repair it

5 It happened to a personal friend of mine so be warned

6 i sure hope this helps prevent more fraud "

A fool and his money are easily parted. It's not like there hasn't been enough information put out warning against scams so I'm afraid I have little sympathy for those who still get caught out.

p.s. It's a tad pointless calling the police after you've hung and have no info to give them about the scammer. Far better to string them along, asking carefully constructed questions to establish their identity - but above all else, give them the wrong information about yourself. Even if you waste 1/2 an hour of their time it'll be worth it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

had this the other day, kept them on the phone for ages asking them questions then told them i didnt have internet access and the cheeky bugger hung up on me! RUDE!

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By *edbagioMan
over a year ago

ripon

had this the other year;

fell for it as the computer was playing

up;and was in the middle of a deal

any how had to get a repair 80 notes

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By *un_JuiceCouple
over a year ago

Nr Chester

Thanks for the warning

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a call this morning following an e-mail which i just deleted. They told that i have something wrong with my PC and that they could fix it from their center on line. I then proceeded to tell them that their phone call was being recorded and they put the phone down...... No number on 141 what a surprise

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thanks for heads up fella all id add to that is everybody should have suitable internet security in place - my business has circa 25 pc;s and used to be constantly bombarded - but invested in a new cloud based system and no longer have these sort of issues - well not so far

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By *odareyouMan
over a year ago

not far from iceland,,,,,, tescos is nearer though :-) (near leeds)

"Very important you are all aware of this scam,

1 you will get a telephone call,from someone who says they work for Microsoft,THE PERSON DOESN'T Microsoft will not contact you ever over the phone.

2 the person will say your pc is in danger of infection/crashing

3 the person then wants you to allow remote access to your pc,to repair it

5 It happened to a personal friend of mine so be warned

6 i sure hope this helps prevent more fraud

A fool and his money are easily parted. It's not like there hasn't been enough information put out warning against scams so I'm afraid I have little sympathy for those who still get caught out.

I can see it now... Forum headline...

'Loads of timewaster s on fab..'...

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By *hynottsCouple
over a year ago

nottingham

They cant fix a vic 20 3 times i asked them when they ring but then it is in the atic in a box lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just to let everyone know the company is called the alien touch. They have a Facebook page that I left a rather abusive comment about their ways. They replied yes before deleting my comment.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love screwing with these guys, the call isn't over till I have made them cry or swear.

Having worked in contact centres I'm familiar with regulations and rights of the consumer has, and so once I hear the "something wrong with you pc" line its time for some fun.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Saying that, there is something wrong with it.....but I know what I just can't fix it lol

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

"I like the idea of telling them some fake pc details!!

If they don't say anything is wrong you know they are dodgy. I've done this when my bank has rung me up (why oh why do they cold call??!) and it worked.

My friend is an IT director and pretty savvy. He ended up giving his bank details to con men and had to cancel his cards etc. Still don't know how he fell for that one as these con men are as obvious to me as the Nigerian princes with gazillions in the bank they'll share with me if I lodge their cheque in my bank account!

Banks never ask for full passwords etc it's always confirm name, date of birth and postcode. Anyone asking for more info than that are fraudsters.

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By *obandruthCouple
over a year ago

wolverhampton

This also happened to us we had a phone call saying our pc was infected and was in danger of crashing my husband told them to go away , and they had the cheek to call back and where told to fxxx oxx , this happened about three months back , so they must be doing the rounds again , BEWARE DONT LET THEM NEAR YOUR P.C.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

we get call every week.just keep telling them got no pc .and they say lappy so tell them to fuck off .

cold call doing my head in to grrrrrrrrr

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