[TriLUG] where to report scam phone call

[Len Boyle]

I had the same issue a couple of weeks ago, but I do not have caller id.
But if you keep them going they will ask you to point your browser to their web site. 
They dropped the phone call when I let them know I was not going to go to their web site. 

Being from the old  days of watching the old cop shows where they arrested people for fraud  who lied about services offered. I would think that the cops would be the place to go. But I expect in today's world they would say that folks are on their own. 

There are a number of entries for this scam that can be found with google.

I would think that Microsoft would want to go after these folks, but I do not know who in Microsoft handles this. If anyone.




-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Matt Flyer
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 2:40 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] where to report scam phone call

Seeing that it was a phone call, the FCC would probably have jurisdiction.  

The big problem will be to find a group that cares enough to not circular file your complaint.  Otherwise perhaps the FBI's spam/phishing report section?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Justis Peters <justis.peters at gmail.com>
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Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:32:09
To: Triangle Linux Users Group<trilug at trilug.org>
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Subject: [TriLUG] where to report scam phone call

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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