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markie
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Posted: 16 July 2011 at 8:25pm |
I just had a phone call from these people:-
They were trying to tell me that my computer was "downloading viruses" apparently they could tell this from my ip address?????
As far as I'm aware I don't have any problems so I didn't go along with anything. Can anyone shed any light
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If it's got wheels or tits it's gonna cost a fortune
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mister_pi
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Its a scam - they'll want your card details in order to take payment for 'remotely fixing your pc'.
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http://www.music4thepeople.co.uk/
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audiomik
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+1 on the scam, well known in IT circles as such!
Also a reverse DNS lookup of their website link IP address you have given goes to a non-existent Server so is definitely very dodgy! Result from Telnet: telnet 209.25.221.44 Trying 209.25.221.44... telnet: connect to address 209.25.221.44: Connection refused From a Whois lookup, it links to host44.maxim.net in the USA: # telnet host44.maxim.net telnet: host44.maxim.net: Name or service not known you have been warned! Mik Edit: add Reverse DNS/telnet info Edited by audiomik - 16 July 2011 at 9:33pm |
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markie
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I suspected as much. Did manage to keep them on the phone for 12 minutes so I reckon I cost them a quid or so.
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djeddie
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Chas n Dave : it's like Drum and Bass but with beards. E=mc² ±3dB
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tweeter box
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cravings
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yeah, we get a lot of calls here from a call center telling us our computers are infected, and we should download some remote access thing for them to poke around with...
last call i got was a lenthy conversation ending with "sir, you are just wasting my time" "yes. yes, i totally am....." |
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iand4403
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audiomik
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Also see this from BBC News: Warning over anti-virus cold-calls to UK internet users Mik |
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slaz
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Nah - will have cost em no more than a couple of cents. Very very cheap VOIP. But I reckon a good one to wind em up would be to pretend you're a bit deaf (and mebbe a bit errr ... thick) ..... get em to repeat their "instructions" a few times - should convince em they've got one on the hook. Then - if it amuses you - string em along for quite some time. After a while just "change your mind". |
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Tony Wilkes
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Nar, don't even waste a valuable second of your life on them, tell em to Fak-Orf.
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www.forteaudio.eu - BMS - db-Mark Processors - Lexon (SAE)
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slaz
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Yeah you're right really .... Once upon a time, having time on my hands, I did similar once to the one of the bods calling from India trying to sell/scam "free" mobile phones. I obviously got under his thick skin a fair bit, as I got a couple of quite abusive calls later that day :-) |
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