I just had a customer caught in the "windows company" snare. And they have not been the only one.
They call you and tell you your computer is generating a lot of "hits" on the internet and need to log in. They remote in and control the computer showing the "customer" the log files with issues. They are charged about $350 on their credit card for Google chrome(free), Ccleaner (free unlicensed) and malware bytes (free unlicensed). Ugh what a scam. Microsoft, Apple, does not care if your computer has every piece of spyware ever made on it. They will not call you. If anyone ever calls you they want to scam you. Brian > On May 18, 2015, at 12:34 PM, Jonathan Fletcher <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Trust NO one. About once a week I get to laugh heartily at the poor ESL in > some far away land that claims he has an American sounding name and is from > the “Windows Company” and is calling about my "PC” even though I am 100% Mac > and Linux. > > Sheeeesh. You’d think they’d stop calling me. Maybe he just likes to feel bad > about his job. > > ::-\ > > Jonathan > > > >> On May 18, 2015, at 12:00 PM,John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Snake Eyes >> >> <snip> >> >> It’s good to learn from others experiences, we are learning there are many >> ways for the bad guys to use their skills at phishing for our information, >> we have to be very alert. > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > [email protected] > > Kentuckiana FileMaker Developers Group > Next Meeting: 5/26/15 > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
