If you receive a call at home from someone who claims to be a Microsoft representative, the odds that it’s a variation of the Indian phone scam is most likely.
These fraudsters target phone numbers everywhere to try and con computer users into installing malware and spyware on their pc’s by claiming they’re ridding the said pc of all kinds of viruses and threats.
The caller claims that the security settings on their pc has to be updated and after this is done, they ask your credit card number for payment of their service.
Do not fall for these scam artists. Ask yourself how they know know you have a pc? Did they address you on your name and have your details (contact numbers, etc)? Did they specifically state their company’s name? The odds that someone will call you out of the blue to assist you with computer updates are in all probability less than zero.
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As jy `n oproep ontvang vanaf `n beweerde Microsoft-verteenwoordiger is die kans goed dat dit `n weergawe van die Indiese telefoon “scam” is. Kuberkriminele teiken foonnommers wêreldwyd en probeer rekenaargebruikers bedrieg deur verstellings te maak wat deur virusse en ander gevare van die betrokke rekenaar sal verwyder.
Die persoon beweer dat die sekuriteitsverstellings van die rekenaar verouderd is en opgedateer moet word. In die proses gee die slagoffer toegang tot sy rekenaar en kan “malware” en “spyware” geinstalleer word. Die kredietkaartnommer word ook versoek as betaling vir die diens wat gelewer is.
Moet onder geen omstandighede val vir hierdie skelmstreek nie. Vra jouself die volgende vrae af – hoe weet hulle jy het `n rekenaar? Het hulle jou aangespreek op jou naam en jou inligting verskaf? Het hulle duidelik die naam en inligting oor die maatskappy waarvoor hulle werk verskaf? Die waarskynlikheid dat iemand jou uit die bloute sal skakel om te help met jou rekenaars se opdaterings is bitter skraal.
Meer inligting oor hierdie foonswendelary:
There’s this anonymous number that calls several times a day, both on my home and on my cell phone. It starts out with a recording that says Microsoft has detected a virus in my computer and to press 1 to speak with a representative. I did and asked for the person’s name. She just ‘what’ and promptly hung up. I wondered why the caller took time to make the call and then hung up when I answered. I reported the call to Callercenter.com to raise a warning.