Someone close to me got sucked in with a pop-up on his computer. He called the number on the pop-up and the "tech guy" got him to open his computer and the guy was logged in remotely. Likely had a dummy screen for him to watch while the thief went through his computer and emails looking for anything to steal (id, bank account, card numbers...) He was on the phone/computer with him for a bout an hour. They sent him a bill and IIRC he paid it over the phone with his credit card.
When he mentioned to me a few hours later that his computer was finally fixed, it got me asking a bunch of questions. Sure as s41t, there were charges on his card. We got it all fixed in the end and luckily there was nothing on his computer that they were able to use. But I felt so bad for him because he felt so guilty and stupid.
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