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Very strange phonecall

TheAmateur · 2010-04-28 13:58:41

Just got a call from a (sounded middle-eastern or possibly Indian) guy saying he was working with microsoft or something, and that they were ringing around to "help protect people against spyware". This guy asks me to turn on my computer and he'll "guide me through a few simple steps". At this point I told him my computer…

28-04-2010 1:58pm

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Just got a call from a (sounded middle-eastern or possibly Indian) guy saying he was working with microsoft or something, and that they were ringing around to "help protect people against spyware". This guy asks me to turn on my computer and he'll "guide me through a few simple steps". At this point I told him my computer was fine thank you very much, and hung up.
Anyone ever heard of anything like this before?

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#2 28-04-2010 1:59pm

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Already thread bout this somewhere

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#3 28-04-2010 2:00pm

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They're obviously on to you and your 'niche-interest' websites

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#4 28-04-2010 2:00pm

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No, sounds like a con. Maybe send an email to the Microsoft press office and they will look into it.

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#5 28-04-2010 2:00pm

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Was it this lad?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZpw2eTSolc

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#6 28-04-2010 2:02pm

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See here and here.

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#7 28-04-2010 2:03pm

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Did he ask for you specifically by name, OP? I got this yesterday.

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#8 28-04-2010 2:04pm

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Sizzler wrote: »

Was it this lad?

Really does sound like Fonejacker!

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#9 28-04-2010 2:05pm

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Lemme guess...his name was Patrick? Maybe Seamus? Had plenty of these calls before.

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#10 28-04-2010 2:06pm

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Oh, well at least it's common then. Alright, that's not so bad. So they're just cold-calling people eh? Where do they get the numbers?

JaxxYChicK wrote: »

Did he ask for you specifically by name, OP? I got this yesterday.

No, thank god. That really would've freaked me out!

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#11 28-04-2010 2:06pm

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http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055896686

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#12 28-04-2010 2:12pm

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Damn, I'm kinda sorry I didn't mess with his head now... Maybe he'll call back:D

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#13 28-04-2010 11:20pm

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I got calls like that before, but they were continous, and they knew my name but not my address... ended up calling the gards, and it was a call centre in India phishing for personal details etc

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#14 28-04-2010 11:49pm

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Man, I be looking for a good laugh in the evenings I wish one of these guys would ring me so I could have a good laugh.

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#15 28-04-2010 11:58pm

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If you delete your system32 folder the calls will stop.

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#16 29-04-2010 12:18am

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Theres a good few of these calls going around alright. Theres a thread(s) about these in the computer & technology forum.

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#17 29-04-2010 12:21am

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You're better off checking the Computers forum op.

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