Call from Wicrosoft

Fernando Duran liberosec-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org
Wed Sep 7 20:10:36 UTC 2011


Hi,

That looks like http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/579638--police-warn-of-phone-scam-offering-anti-virus-software 

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Fernando Duran
http://www.fduran.com


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>From: Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
>To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
>Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2011 2:50:37 PM
>Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Call from Wicrosoft
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>On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:11 PM,  <phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> I just had a call ostensibly from Microsoft in California. The gentleman
>> (Chris Brown) says there is something wrong with my computer which is
>> confusing their servers.
>>
>> He gave his phone number as 424-256-2700.
>>
>> Since I'm runing Suse Linux it does seem unlikely I'd be screwing over a
>> Microsoft Server.
>
>I got one of these calls a few weeks ago and played it out for as long
>as I had the stomach to do so (my home has a mix of Debian, Ubuntu
>boxes, plus one Sun and one Mac to keep things interesting). Bottom
>line, the guy wanted me to go to a website download and install some
>software (I assume the software is some sort of Microsoft
>ultra-malware). Pretty safe bet these people are doing this to make
>some money, and the way to stop them is to make it all unprofitable
>for them. So, WASTE their time, pretend to be stupid about computers,
>drag things out, reduce the number of people this person can call per
>day....
>
>> Any suggestions what I should do with this apparent scam?
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
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