Received a call from them today. They wanted my mom to turn on my sister’s computer. They claimed that she had problems with her Windows computer. My sister has two Windows computers. Neither have been turned on in years. She currently uses a Mac.
The guy that she spoke to on the phone had a very thick Indian accent. He gave his name as being Richard Williams. That didn’t sound like an Indian name to my mom. She took down a phone number for my sister to call the guy at 727-569-8324.
I did a search on the Internet and found that this is a scam that is affecting a lot of people. Apparently, if my mom had done what they had said, they would have had her opening a normal program on Windows that told her what the current activity was on the computer, then told her "this is terrible, a virus is going to destroy this computer soon."
Then, they would have had her search for a few more things, continuing to try to gain her trust. Once they had it, they would tell her to go to some site on the Internet and download a program so that they could have remote access to the computer. (This would allow them to steal information if they wanted to.)
Then, they'd ask for a credit card number, and bill us a bunch of money for their services to remove the viruses. If they were hung up on, they would lock my mom out of the computer with a password, or lock it up in another way, or make all the icons on the desktop disappear.
Received a call from them today. They wanted my mom to turn on my sister’s computer. They claimed that she had problems with her Windows computer. My sister has two Windows computers. Neither have been turned on in years. She currently uses a Mac.
The guy that she spoke to on the phone had a very thick Indian accent. He gave his name as being Richard Williams. That didn’t sound like an Indian name to my mom. She took down a phone number for my sister to call the guy at 727-569-8324.
I did a search on the Internet and found that this is a scam that is affecting a lot of people. Apparently, if my mom had done what they had said, they would have had her opening a normal program on Windows that told her what the current activity was on the computer, then told her "this is terrible, a virus is going to destroy this computer soon."
Then, they would have had her search for a few more things, continuing to try to gain her trust. Once they had it, they would tell her to go to some site on the Internet and download a program so that they could have remote access to the computer. (This would allow them to steal information if they wanted to.)
Then, they'd ask for a credit card number, and bill us a bunch of money for their services to remove the viruses. If they were hung up on, they would lock my mom out of the computer with a password, or lock it up in another way, or make all the icons on the desktop disappear.
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: Richard Williams
Number: 727-569-8324