As you know I repair computers for my clients and in the last two weeks two of them got hit with a very clever computer scam. It appears to be world-wide. One client actually paid $100.00 before realizing that something was not right.
Here is how it works: A caller, usually from India, makes a phone call and announces he is from Microsoft or other and that their networks are being infected with viruses or generating too much traffic from the person's computer. So they need to install an antivirus program or check their computer to block the traffic. Apparently they are very persuasive and can keep a person on the phone for 30 minutes or more trying to get their credit card number to make a payment. They even give out a phone number to call back to verify the transaction. The number is bogus. The scam has a number of variations. I Googled the name of the outfit, "OnLineRepairWorld.com" and got hundreds of hits praising the firm's product. All of them were links to this same company. Moving through the hits I found this link ( http://www.theogray.com/blog/2010/07/international-routing-system) unrelated to OnLine and listing many correspondents who experienced the same scam. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/d650c1abf4f540d883df4252709ae...@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
