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Very Suspicious Phone Call

Darkphenom · 2011-01-20 20:30:18

Hi everyone, I have just received a phone call from what sounds like a man who could be from India claiming he works for Microsoft (soemthing also about computer maintenance). He said that some malicious software has been downloaded on my computer bla bla bla. But then I told him to stop so I could write it down. But I…

20-01-2011 8:30pm

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Darkphenom

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Hi everyone,

I have just received a phone call from what sounds like a man who could be from India claiming he works for Microsoft (soemthing also about computer maintenance). He said that some malicious software has been downloaded on my computer bla bla bla. But then I told him to stop so I could write it down. But I accidentally said "I will record this now" And straight away he hung up.

It sounds like a real scam to me but does anyone know any information about this? (Sorry if this is posted in the wrong section)

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#2 20-01-2011 8:35pm

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It's a well known scam, been doing the rounds a while.
They want access to your pc

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#3 20-01-2011 8:38pm

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Lots more here: http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055837564

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#4 21-01-2011 8:42am

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the_syco wrote: »

Lots more here: http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055837564

Yup. Lots more info in that thread so I'll lock this one. No point having two threads about the same thing going.

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