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| Nanigadu Hero Username: Nanigadu Post Number: 12050 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 99.238.29.61 Rating: N/A |
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/fake-microsoft-help-line-fool-even- computer-literate-120000279.html Fake Microsoft help line can fool even 'computer literate' Musson used Google to search âMicrosoft Helpâ, and called the toll-free number for the first search result, which had âmicrosoft-supportâ in both its link and address bar, or URL. The agent, who gave his name as âAlexâ, asked for permission to remotely access Mussonâs computer. âHe asked if he could help me,â Musson said. âHe was very polite. He had an East Indian accent, but I didnât think anything of that because some of the best technologists in the world come from India.â The company Musson called was actually not Microsoft but a separate company, V tech-squad, with addresses in Palo Alto, Calif., and Gurgaon, India. Alice Musson was listening on the line as her husband is nearly deaf. âJim kept asking him, âAre you with Microsoft?â and he said. âYes. Yes, yes.ââ Once he was connected however, the agent didnât deal with the Mussonsâ email question, but instead began showing them administration tools and logs within the operating system. He highlighted dozens of lines of warnings he said were proof the computer was infected by powerful viruses. âAnd we believed that. We believed we had been hacked ⦠and he said, âWeâll fix that.ââ The agent said he would need to run special software that would cost âfive ninety-nine.â Alice Musson gave him his MasterCard number thinking the cost was $5.99. âBut then he said, â$599.ââ âI said Iâm not doing this,â she said. âI just didnât want anything to do with it.â The Mussons say they told the agent they wanted to stop the transaction and investigate who they were dealing with, but that he kept talking fast about the dangers their computer was facing. They hung up and called MasterCard to cancel their card and also advised ATB Financial whom they say advised them to close all their accounts, open news ones, and change their passwords. Several hours later Jim Musson noticed the remote connection was still active and someone was exploring his wifeâs computer. He unplugged it and took to an Apple dealer who said the computer was virus-free. Musson said V tech-squad are scammers. âThey are not only a danger to me and Alice they are a danger to a lot of people who have complained,â he said. |
