INTERNATIONAL?

spornybol

DOES ANYONE ELSE GET PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE YOU CAN NOT UNDERSTAND ASKING ABOUT YOUR COMPUTER, I HAVE ID ON PHONE AND THE CALL COMES UP INTERNATIONAL.
 NOW I`V HAD A FEW TIMES LAST COUPLE DAYS AND EVERYTIME NOT INTERESTED, SO YESTERDAY YET ANOTHER CALL FROM THEM AND MY REPLY WAS IF I GET ANOTHER CALL I WILL NOT BE RESPONSABLE FOR MY LANGUANGE.
 NOW THEY SAID SORRY AND THEY`LL TAKE ME OFF THE LIST?, ANYWAY YET AGAIN TODAY SAME MUPPET, SO LUCKILY MY GIRLS WERE OUT ( ALTHOUGH THEY`D FIND IT FUNNY ME RANTING OVER PHONE), BUT I GOT INTO ABOUT 8 WORDS, 5 I CAN NOT SAY BEFORE THEY HUNG UP ON ME, I WAS QUITE UPSET THEY DID THIS AS I HAD A LOT MORE CHOICE WORDS FOR THEM,   

spornybol

WHY THIS MOVED, IT`S FOR ALL TO SEE AS THIS IS A CON, THEY WANT TO HACK INTO YOUR COMPUTER,
I KNOW THIS BECAUSE IT WAS THE NEWS A FEW MONTHS BACK AND NOW THERE STARTING AGAIN
SO SURELY IT`S IN EVERYBODIES INTEREST TOO KNOW

Machka

This is a common scam Sporny, the basic premise is someone calls you to say they are from Microsoft/Anti-Virus company and that there is a report your computer is infected.  They then get you to open event viewer and show you thousands, if not, tens of thousands of errors.  (This is perfectly normal operation and they aren't errors just informational messages mostly).

The unsuspecting computer owner then believes the caller is from the company and then naively starts to hand over credit card details, etc.

The problem with posting these sort of warnings on here is that there are probably hundreds, if not thousands of scams doing the rounds at any one time.  So yes, it's in everyone's interest to know, but via Sky Poker forums isn't perhaps the right place.

NoseyBonk

In Response to Re: INTERNATIONAL?:

This is a common scam Sporny, the basic premise is someone calls you to say they are from Microsoft/Anti-Virus company and that there is a report your computer is infected.  They then get you to open event viewer and show you thousands, if not, tens of thousands of errors.  (This is perfectly normal operation and they aren't errors just informational messages mostly). The unsuspecting computer owner then believes the caller is from the company and then naively starts to hand over credit card details, etc. The problem with posting these sort of warnings on here is that there are probably hundreds, if not thousands of scams doing the rounds at any one time.  So yes, it's in everyone's interest to know, but via Sky Poker forums isn't perhaps the right place.
Posted by Machka

Please forward this to as many people as you can, so AOL can trace the emails and raise money to stop this happening....

;-)

paige55

yes spornybol,i had a phone call last year about the same thing, and in no uncertain words i told them where to go and if i ever got another phone call from them i would report them,to my local mp. never hurd nothing since

AcidMan27

In Response to Re: INTERNATIONAL?:

In Response to Re: INTERNATIONAL? : Please forward this to as many people as you can, so AOL can trace the emails and raise money to stop this happening.... ;-)
Posted by NoseyBonk

Done.

I've even got in touch with Bob Geldof to organise a concert.

THIS MUST STOP NOW!!!!!!

Darntootin

I got this call last Friday.

The best bit was when he said my computer was about to be attacked by a virus in the next 10 seconds if I didn't allow him remote assistance...

Me: Well it's lucky for me you called when you did.

Him: 10...9...

Me: Hahahahahahahahaha!

Him: ........

Me: (After 10 seconds) Nothings happening.

Him: ........

Me: Goodbye.