[GLLUG] Fishy Phone Calls

[Kami Vaniea]

One tried calling an Arstechnica reporter

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/i-am-calling-you-from-windows-a-tech-support-scammer-dials-ars-technica/

On 11/1/2013 11:24 PM, Adam Kaminski wrote:
> ouch >_<
>
> -- 
> Adam Kaminski
>
> On November 1, 2013 at 11:13:31 PM, Michael Rudas
> (audiotech50 at gmail.com <mailto://audiotech50@gmail.com>) wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Chick Tower <c.e.tower at gmail.com
>> <mailto:c.e.tower at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Do any of the rest of you get those phone calls from someone with
>>     an accent saying "I'm from Computer Technical Support, and our
>>     monitoring system has found that your Windows PC is infected with
>>     a virus"?
>>
>>
>> I know someone who fell for this, so it must be working and profitable. 
>>
>> ~~ Michael Rudas
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