Scam by phone
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:19 pm
I talked to a former co-worker who lives in California.
He received a call from Microsoft from a gentleman with a pronounced Indian accent telling him that his computer was producing errors.
He asked if he could take remote control to fix the errors.
My friend asked him what he needed to do.
He told the caller, I don’t understand.
The caller repeated the instructions and told him exactly what keys to press.
He responded with “I’m having trouble following your instructions.”
The caller asked what was on his screen at the moment.
He replied “Three Floors”
The caller said “did you say three fours?”
He asked him to repeat that again which he did. He then said “go ahead and backspace over the three fours.”
He replied, “I can’t do that.”
The caller said “Just take your keyboard and backspace over the fours.”
He replied “I can not get that to work”
The caller said “The backspace key is not working?”
He replied “no, I cannot find my keyboard”
The caller said go to the backside of your computer and find the two smaller wires and follow them. At the other end of one of them you will find the keyboard “
He replied “I cannot. My keyboard and mouse are wireless”
The caller said “lift up some things around your computer until you find the keyboard”
He said “I cannot. It is too heavy”
The caller said “I do not understand why you cannot perform this task”
He replied “That makes us equal. I cannot understand why my computer is producing the errors you are seeing. Are you still seeing them?”
The caller replied “Yes we are. And we need to fix them before you bring down your neighbors”
He said “My neighbors are already down. You see the fire two weeks ago brought down all four floors of my apparent complex.”
The caller said “You’re neighbors are all down?”
He said “Yes those are the three floors that came down on top of my floor and why I can’t lift things up to find my keyboard.
I am amazed you can see stuff coming off my computer still, because after that fire I can’t even see my apartment.”
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Everett
He received a call from Microsoft from a gentleman with a pronounced Indian accent telling him that his computer was producing errors.
He asked if he could take remote control to fix the errors.
My friend asked him what he needed to do.
He told the caller, I don’t understand.
The caller repeated the instructions and told him exactly what keys to press.
He responded with “I’m having trouble following your instructions.”
The caller asked what was on his screen at the moment.
He replied “Three Floors”
The caller said “did you say three fours?”
He asked him to repeat that again which he did. He then said “go ahead and backspace over the three fours.”
He replied, “I can’t do that.”
The caller said “Just take your keyboard and backspace over the fours.”
He replied “I can not get that to work”
The caller said “The backspace key is not working?”
He replied “no, I cannot find my keyboard”
The caller said go to the backside of your computer and find the two smaller wires and follow them. At the other end of one of them you will find the keyboard “
He replied “I cannot. My keyboard and mouse are wireless”
The caller said “lift up some things around your computer until you find the keyboard”
He said “I cannot. It is too heavy”
The caller said “I do not understand why you cannot perform this task”
He replied “That makes us equal. I cannot understand why my computer is producing the errors you are seeing. Are you still seeing them?”
The caller replied “Yes we are. And we need to fix them before you bring down your neighbors”
He said “My neighbors are already down. You see the fire two weeks ago brought down all four floors of my apparent complex.”
The caller said “You’re neighbors are all down?”
He said “Yes those are the three floors that came down on top of my floor and why I can’t lift things up to find my keyboard.
I am amazed you can see stuff coming off my computer still, because after that fire I can’t even see my apartment.”
CLICK, dial tone...
Everett