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Sheriff’s Office Warns Of Telephone Scam
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Date: June 30, 2011 02:21PM
Sheriff’s Office Warns Of Telephone Scam
Posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 4:02 pm
http://www.leesburg2day.com/news/article_dfa01d62-a28a-11e0-92c4-001cc4c002e0.html
The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office has issued a warning about the latest telephone scam.
According to the sheriff's office, the scam involves a caller who claims to be a technician for Microsoft and then advises the victim their computer has been hacked.
In a case earlier this month, an Ashburn woman received a call advising that her computer had been infected with a virus causing programs and files to become corrupt. The scammer on the phone said they have called to help fix the program, but they would need to remotely access her computer.
After receiving access the scammer possibly installed a virus or other form of malicious software on the computer. The scammer then asked the victim for their bankcard information to purchase a virus protection program. In some cases the victim may be directed to a website to enter payment information. The scammer is then likely able to compromise the victim's debit and credit cards.
The Ashburn victim became suspicious of the call when she was asked to provide her financial information and contacted authorities.
The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is reminding Loudoun residents not to respond to unsolicited requests for personal information received over the phone-even if the request appears to come from a legitimate institution that you do business with. This includes requests to "confirm, verify or update" your information.
According to Microsoft, they do not make unsolicited phone calls to help you fix anyone's computer.
Posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 4:02 pm
http://www.leesburg2day.com/news/article_dfa01d62-a28a-11e0-92c4-001cc4c002e0.html
The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office has issued a warning about the latest telephone scam.
According to the sheriff's office, the scam involves a caller who claims to be a technician for Microsoft and then advises the victim their computer has been hacked.
In a case earlier this month, an Ashburn woman received a call advising that her computer had been infected with a virus causing programs and files to become corrupt. The scammer on the phone said they have called to help fix the program, but they would need to remotely access her computer.
After receiving access the scammer possibly installed a virus or other form of malicious software on the computer. The scammer then asked the victim for their bankcard information to purchase a virus protection program. In some cases the victim may be directed to a website to enter payment information. The scammer is then likely able to compromise the victim's debit and credit cards.
The Ashburn victim became suspicious of the call when she was asked to provide her financial information and contacted authorities.
The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is reminding Loudoun residents not to respond to unsolicited requests for personal information received over the phone-even if the request appears to come from a legitimate institution that you do business with. This includes requests to "confirm, verify or update" your information.
According to Microsoft, they do not make unsolicited phone calls to help you fix anyone's computer.
Re: Sheriff’s Office Warns Of Telephone Scam
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jakedasnake
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Date: July 05, 2011 10:58PM
What's most worrying is that 1st of all it's a global scale operation and 2nd of all it looks like lately it's becoming even more sophisticated. It looks like they're infecting your computer first and then following up with an actual phone call!
Look at the latest comment here
http://www.callercenter.com/8006989034.html
Look at the latest comment here
http://www.callercenter.com/8006989034.html