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Scareware Scam
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Rockman	Jul 26 2017, 12:29 AM Post #1
hoighty-toighty Posts: 11,070 Group: Guardian Member #48 Joined: December 17, 2004 Gender Male Country United States What Browser do you use? Firefox, when it isn't crashing.	Wanted to make you all aware of something on the net that has been around for a while now. But still gets people, mainly the elderly. My grandfather clicked on a link the other day that redirected him to a .info site that immediately began spamming a popup to his browser. The site was called pc-alert-garbagevalues.stream The above image is what popped up. What he did next was what you shouldn't do. He called the number. When you call the number, you inform the person on the other line that you are currently connected to their website which they can then use to take over your computer. So the Scammer did so. Then, the scammer immediately download https://get.gotoassist.com/ And closed the webpage. He began to move his cursor around wildly and open command windows and look at IP addresses and such to make my 76 year old grandfather believe he was hacked. Little did he know the hacker he was talking to. After a few minutes of talking, the guy insisted that he was microsoft support, and could get rid of himself "the hacker" in the computer for a nominal price of $375. That's when he called me to see what I thought of the price tag, and if it was a good idea to go ahead and do it to get rid of the hacker. I of course told him to hang up the phone and turn off the computer to give to me to clean. But you should all teach your elderly of this trick. They fall for it so easily. https://www.thinkfirefly.com/blog/scareware-its-a-trap
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Wolf	Jul 31 2017, 07:46 PM Post #2
Shadow Realm > Posts: 5,538 Group: Street Fighter Member #6,410 Joined: June 27, 2011 Gender Not Specified Country South Africa Favourite Anime Berserk What Browser do you use? 18+ Favourite Manga Berserk	Thank you for this. The light has been shown to me
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