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Colin Birch Admin Posts : 4273 Location : Pontypridd, South Wales Status : Offline 
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Scammers I've just had a phone call from an asian guy telling me that I had a virus on my computer. According to him whenever anyone connects to the internet they connect to a central internet server called the WWW server. My PC then tells this central internet server that I have a virus and that server then informs Microsoft and then I get a phone call. He then wanted remote access to my PC so that he could 'fix' it. After playing along with him for a while I decided to explain to him that there's no such thing as a 'central internet server'. He was insistant that all the internet came from this one server and that it was reporting my virus. I explained to him how the internet worked, that servers are located all over the world, that if I wanted I could set up my own PC as a server, that the IP address that he said was reporting my virus is the standard IP of the internal network of nearly all routers (192.168.0.xxx) and not the IP I connect to the net with. After a while he hung up. 1471 returns for the number 02035298888 which doesn't exist.So, if you get a call telling you there's something wrong with YOUR computer, tell them to  off and hang up.
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 Mon 04 May 2015 @ 11:48
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bluebedouin Global Moderator Posts : 2444 Location : Northampton,England. Status : Offline 
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Unfortunately there are people out there that really believe them. ---------------------- |
Mon 04 May 2015 @ 12:50
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Colin Birch Admin Posts : 4273 Location : Pontypridd, South Wales Status : Offline
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If I had been away at work and the guy had spoken to my wife she may have fallen for it. Just remember folks, NEVER trust anyone who phones you. NEVER allow them remote access to your PC and NEVER give out any passwords. ---------------------- |
Mon 04 May 2015 @ 18:01
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