Received a call and they hung up. I don't answer calls unless I know the person. This is Click4Support who was indicted by the Federal Trade Commission except they didn't shut down their call center in India. Same people who spoof their numbers and call themselves Avec Vous and will probably give you another fraudulent name. The person who stated he let them remote on his computer is one of the scammers. Once they get on your computer, they get your unique computer wifi and hardware address and will be able to remote in again even if you get your computer erased or change your router. They will get into your printer if it is a wireless printer and scan everything you print or fax. It is for identity theft purposes and to see if you have your banking online. They are obviously looking for your social security number if you have ever entered it on your computer. They scam people for money and call from different spoofed numbers; probably same call center from India. They pretend to be the IRS. They answer as United States Treasury. They use different spoofed numbers for their scam IRS call. They call from 302-333-2678 and 302-333-4356. They are crazy. They call me almost everyday with different spoofed numbers; I never pick up. I will post this so everyone will know who they are.
Caller fishing for personal info may offer remote suport to FIX you PC or tune up for better performance, remove a virus they supposedly detected broadcastingnfrom your PC. ALL LIES TO GET YOU TO TURN OVER REMOTE ACCESS. Once you do they can install spyware or key loggers and then steal data you type into the computer at some point in the future. One of these days I might just configure a Blank PC with ton of bogus data and my set of keyloggers and screen capture tools but on a seperate isolated network and let them loose and observe their actions. Then turn any info obtained over so that these scum can be stopped. I will give them an really old slower WinXP computer to play with. Might learn something to pass along that will aide in protection. (Why is there no PHISHING category to choose?)
Yes the scammers are about again. On the unique ID mentioned by another post, they could capture the MAC address of the machines interface card, but as to getting back in to your PC depends on how user permissions are set. Big thing to do is kill the remote access process running on your pc and remove the daemon (executable). Google a site like Major Geeks for info on how this is done and steps to follow. Also try Symantec or Kaspersky software for tools popular malware removal. Don't fall for their bogus scare tactics.