[TriLUG] where to report scam phone call

[Glenn Hennessee]

The police would be my first suggestion although I'm not sure what
about this would qualify for their attention unless they asked you for
a password and an IP number. I'm not sure there's any "crime" here.
You can try searching for the phone number and name the guy gave to
see what turns up.
glenn

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Justis Peters <justis.peters at gmail.com> wrote:
> Today, I received a phone call that I believe was a scam. The caller claimed
> to be from "Windows Support" and said that my computer had been reporting
> that it was infected via "internet protocol". He then wanted to know if my
> computer has any issues with being slow.
>
> I egged him on and pretended to be a slightly clueless Windows user. I
> booted up a Windows system, so that I could play along with the things he
> wanted me to do. He wanted me to go to the event log. One of the first
> things he wanted me to do was filter the log to not show "information" level
> logs. Then he wanted me to delete an entry. When that didn't work (since I
> had intentionally logged in as an unprivileged user), he started asking more
> questions about the events in the log, the users associated with the events,
> etc.
>
> I was never quite able to tell whether he was trying to get information or
> to get me to help him compromise my system. After a while, I pretended that
> I had to leave very soon for a meeting and asked for his name and phone
> number. He gave me an answer for both. I do not yet know if anyone will
> answer the phone if I call back the number he provided.
>
> Where should I report this information? I'd like to see some sort of
> follow-up via law enforcement.
>
> Kind regards,
> Justis
>
>
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Glenn