10 May 2011
This is a widespread scam and I am aware of dozens of cases a week being reported in the Southwest (Windows users targeted in phone scam). It is also reported that some people have each received two or three calls from the “company” over a few days.
The first person will be the “sales pitch”. If they get a positive response from the victim, he or she is put through to a “technical expert” who guides the victim through various logs in order to identify “the virus”. The victim is then directed to a web site where they download a remote access tool that gives the perpetrators of this scam access to their computer.
If readers do get a call like this one, just say, “I do not have a computer.”
Steve
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