Claimed they were Tech Support and that we had a problem with our computer. This scam was identified on our local news in Toronto. They put you on a website, gain access to your machine, put on a virus and then charge you to get it off. Also other scam is that you give them remote access and they steal personal info from your machine. They also can put on keyloggers in order to access your on-line banking etc. They got frustrated and hung on when I kept asking them questions.
Call from +1 (972) 453-9824 came up on my iPhone. And said was from
TX, USA. This automatically came up underneath the number and another from USA. Listed as +1(707)822-9850. From Arcata,CA. So I'm guessing there from this location if my iPhone has listed it as that. I tried to ring the first number back an it jus rang through continuously. I live in the UK and am very confused why an American number was ringing me. Due to having a contract phone I do not want to accept any calls unless it won't charge me extreme fees. Please help to
Find out who and why they are calling me.
Just got a call from this number, and it is a scam. They called here at midnight an said they see I had a problem with my computer that needed to be looked at, that is why they was calling at midnight. They got ugly when I told them it was just a scam,and I was not falling for it as they have been the 3rd one that has called and no windows has crashed yet. PEOPLE BEWARE THIS IS A SCAM DO NOT ANSWER.
They are changing their tactics: Guy with East Indian accent said he was calling from Mac tech help, and that my Mac had reported some problems. I asked for a phone number to call back so I could verify that he was truly calling from Mac. He didn't have a toll free number, so I asked him to email me as we spoke. He said, "I don't have time for this [***]." And hung up! haha.
If you are in Canada, you can report these types of fraud calls to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Center (an RCMP division) at 1-888-495-8501. They told me that this is the #1 scam out there right now. They want to get remote access to you computer to plant a bunch of viruses, then charge you hundreds to fix it. Mostly, they target PCs, but now Macs too.