Beware tech-support scammers asking to remotely fix your PC

JMH · Jul 24, 2012

I received a sad report on the subject of PC support scams.

Yes, those same old scams where the perpetrator tells you that you have malware infections or system problems and tries to scare you into letting him or her connect to your PC so that he can install some software and fix it. For a price, of course, though that may not be immediately clear.

One of our readers described how he took a call from one of these guys on behalf of an elderly relative: having worked in tech support himself, he went out of his way to make the scammer’s life easier by giving him access to the relative’s system so that it could be fixed.

http://betanews.com/2012/07/24/bewa...n=Feed+-+bn+-+Betanews+Full+Content+Feed+-+BN

Wrench97 · Jul 24, 2012

What you mean that wasn't Microsoft that called??:lol:

JMH · Jul 24, 2012

Unfortunately there is always another noob who believes the "spiel" being put forth...

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Beware tech-support scammers asking to remotely fix your PC

JMH

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JMH

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