This scam has been around for years http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres
On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 1:33 AM, Douglas Roberts <d...@parrot-farm.net>wrote: > I've gotten a few of those over the past few days from similarly accented > people trying to tell me that my Windows machine was infected with a virus, > but the callers' numbers were blocked. > > No, I didn't bother to Linuxize them, although that would have been fun. > > --Doug > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Nicholas Thompson < > nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> Can anybody confirm this as a new form of pfishing? **** >> >> ** ** >> >> I got a call from a number in DC today, somebody with a strong Indian >> sub-continent accident, telling me that my computer was sending error >> messages to the network and offering to help me correct them. (I have the >> number in my phone trap, and would report it if I knew where to report it >> to.) The next step involved my going on my computer and connect it to >> them, I assume. These guys were pretty bad at what they were doing,, but >> I can imagine a more subtle line that I might have fallen for. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Does anybody recognize this? **** >> >> ** ** >> >> N**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Nicholas S. Thompson**** >> >> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology**** >> >> Clark University**** >> >> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/**** >> >> http://www.cusf.org**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > > > -- > *Doug Roberts > d...@parrot-farm.net* > *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> > * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-672-8213 - Mobile* > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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