Random Cold Caller Wants Access To My PC

Unbelievable, somebody just cold called, said they had online reports of a problem on my computer, got me to look in my Event Log, said that they needed to fix the errors, had me open a browser for logmein123.com and then hung up when I questioned what his family and friends thought of his occupation trying to hack in to people's computers. He was in an Indian call centre full of people pulling the same stunt. How do they get away with this crap?

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Indian Call Centre
• Hack PC
• Remote
• Cold Caller
• Random

[GavHamer]

Hi Mike, thanks for your response. The first comment was fine, but your second was from planet troll.

Firstly, you're incorrect, because the tool used does work on Mac, so there's no evidence to suggest that it would not work on a Mac.

Secondly, on behalf of the 92% running Windows, we don't care for your condescending commiserations!

[mikecymro]

I see from the video that you run a Windows operating system. Windows 7 or Vista?

The scam would not work on Apple Mac OS or a Linux distro. My commiserations to Windows users,

[mikecymro]

Thanks for informing HNWA website. In the past an ex-programmer friend of mine who should have known better got conned out of £80, had his PC infected and paid to get it fixed (I could have done it for him for free if he'd only asked). Another old late 1950's Grammar school friend of mine got conned the same way at his cost and PC fix. Both are not stupid people. Me? I'm stupid but paranoid suspicious. ;-)