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J Diddy · 03-22-2011, 11:03 AM

I maintain an old coworkers computer and she called me today with a rather strange problem. Whenever she is on her computer she gets a phone call from someone offering to fix an issue that is on it. The caller ID comes up as "UNKNOWN" and when she asks for the person's name and company he says them both really fast so that they cannot be understood. She doesn't do what he tells her to do and she is not computer savvy enough to tell me what he wants her to do.

I told her to change her email and bank passwords ASAP. I also told her to report this to her ISP (SHAW) just incase it has been reported before. I'm sure they won't help her but who knows. She plans to just leave the PC off until I can get over to her house.

I can't get over to her place until Thursday and my googling isn't turning up any results. Anyone ever heard of this obvious scam?

EDIT: Doh! Better google search criteria came up with this:
http://nexus404.com/Blog/2011/01/04/...-going-strong/

03-22-2011, 11:03 AM	#1
J Diddy Scoring Winger Join Date: Dec 2010 Exp:	Strange computer scam I maintain an old coworkers computer and she called me today with a rather strange problem. Whenever she is on her computer she gets a phone call from someone offering to fix an issue that is on it. The caller ID comes up as "UNKNOWN" and when she asks for the person's name and company he says them both really fast so that they cannot be understood. She doesn't do what he tells her to do and she is not computer savvy enough to tell me what he wants her to do. I told her to change her email and bank passwords ASAP. I also told her to report this to her ISP (SHAW) just incase it has been reported before. I'm sure they won't help her but who knows. She plans to just leave the PC off until I can get over to her house. I can't get over to her place until Thursday and my googling isn't turning up any results. Anyone ever heard of this obvious scam? EDIT: Doh! Better google search criteria came up with this: http://nexus404.com/Blog/2011/01/04/...-going-strong/ Last edited by J Diddy; 03-22-2011 at 11:08 AM.