mncb
Contributing Member
My thought is that it is a scam of a new sort. Anyone hear of this one?
Got a call at 10pm Alaska time which would have put it at 3AM Florida time from someone with a heavy accent. After 3 times of asking him the compay name (and already knowing it was a phony and still not understanding what he said I asked where the caller was calling from again and was told Miami. Getting tired of my asking again he moved back to his speal and would not answer any more questions. He began trying to tell me that my computer sent his office a notification of "corupt files" and that he needed me to go to my computer so he could "help" me fix it.
I told him No, it didn't. I'm no fool.
He tried telling that my operating system had corupt files and had sent a notification & that he was calling to help me fix it. Didn't I want my computer fixed before it crashed?
Seariously? Do people fall for this? I couldn't help myself.
I told him that IF my computers operating system had a problem that required it to notify anybody that it would notify Microsoft and Microsoft would fix it in one of my automatic updates. That they wouldn't be calling me, and they sure as heck wouldn't be calling between 10PM and his 3AM hours! You are a scam! CLICK!
To top it off...looking at the # he called from, he was either in another area of Alaska or routing the calls through it because it was the Alaska area code, not Miami's!
Anyone see this scam yet? We thought that they were hoping to get us to get on line and help them gain remote access to our computer. Your thoughts?
Got a call at 10pm Alaska time which would have put it at 3AM Florida time from someone with a heavy accent. After 3 times of asking him the compay name (and already knowing it was a phony and still not understanding what he said I asked where the caller was calling from again and was told Miami. Getting tired of my asking again he moved back to his speal and would not answer any more questions. He began trying to tell me that my computer sent his office a notification of "corupt files" and that he needed me to go to my computer so he could "help" me fix it.
I told him No, it didn't. I'm no fool.
He tried telling that my operating system had corupt files and had sent a notification & that he was calling to help me fix it. Didn't I want my computer fixed before it crashed?
Seariously? Do people fall for this? I couldn't help myself.
I told him that IF my computers operating system had a problem that required it to notify anybody that it would notify Microsoft and Microsoft would fix it in one of my automatic updates. That they wouldn't be calling me, and they sure as heck wouldn't be calling between 10PM and his 3AM hours! You are a scam! CLICK!
To top it off...looking at the # he called from, he was either in another area of Alaska or routing the calls through it because it was the Alaska area code, not Miami's!
Anyone see this scam yet? We thought that they were hoping to get us to get on line and help them gain remote access to our computer. Your thoughts?