Possible Scam attack over the phone (Over the christmas break)
Just had a friend call me while his partner was on the phone. They had a call from "Computer Maintenance Department - Melbourne" They 'advised' that the computer was having problems - and they need to connect to the internet. These people were from 'International Routing Systems - and all virus infection notifications get sent to them from around Aus, NZ and UK' My friend was asked to 'press windows key and 'r' key' - at which point they were asked how they got the contact details They were advised 'When you register we get your name and number..' (Interesting they knew the last name of the person to which they were speaking) The called person then asked 'who pays their bills they were told it was the 'Windows Operating system Technical Department' did. and 'you do not pay for our services at all' They asked for the name of the person she was speaking with and after a long time it turned out to be a 'David Smith'. She asked for a phone number to contact them back , and was given 03 856 982 75 (Aus) which turns out to be disconnected. Unsure if this is a scam attack, or what was going on, but just thought as it was 'internet and computer' related, this list might need to know.
Hi Not a new scam, been happening for several months, been on the news a few times. There is another one now, where they call up an offer to get you a greencard for 470 Euro. "All we need is your credit card details" Geoff Gummer Gurutoo Technology Services ddi: +6492662801 | mob: +64210505608 email: geoff(a)gurutoo.com / geoff(a)guru2.co On 29/12/10 18:24, Chris Hodgetts wrote:
Just had a friend call me while his partner was on the phone. They had a call from "Computer Maintenance Department - Melbourne"
Ok thanks cool -- was not sure .. :) On Wed, 2010-12-29 at 18:42 +1300, Geoff wrote:
Hi
Not a new scam, been happening for several months, been on the news a few times.
There is another one now, where they call up an offer to get you a greencard for 470 Euro. "All we need is your credit card details"
Geoff Gummer Gurutoo Technology Services ddi: +6492662801 | mob: +64210505608 email: geoff(a)gurutoo.com / geoff(a)guru2.co
On 29/12/10 18:24, Chris Hodgetts wrote:
Just had a friend call me while his partner was on the phone. They had a call from "Computer Maintenance Department - Melbourne"
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Not news. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10685363 On 29/12/2010 18:24, Chris Hodgetts wrote:
Just had a friend call me while his partner was on the phone. They had a call from "Computer Maintenance Department - Melbourne"
They 'advised' that the computer was having problems - and they need to connect to the internet. These people were from 'International Routing Systems - and all virus infection notifications get sent to them from around Aus, NZ and UK'
My friend was asked to 'press windows key and 'r' key' - at which point they were asked how they got the contact details They were advised 'When you register we get your name and number..' (Interesting they knew the last name of the person to which they were speaking)
The called person then asked 'who pays their bills they were told it was the 'Windows Operating system Technical Department' did. and 'you do not pay for our services at all'
They asked for the name of the person she was speaking with and after a long time it turned out to be a 'David Smith'.
She asked for a phone number to contact them back , and was given 03 856 982 75 (Aus) which turns out to be disconnected.
Unsure if this is a scam attack, or what was going on, but just thought as it was 'internet and computer' related, this list might need to know.
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