[TriLUG] where to report scam phone call

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Wed, 2 Nov 2011, Justis Peters 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".

I got this on monday. They must be doing Durham.

What surprised me was that the caller had an Indian accent. 
I thought all the scams were by Americans or Russians. Maybe 
the Russians have outsourced the calling.

I'm looking for a job, so I get phone calls from people with 
Indian accents, who are clueless about computers. Instead of 
having names like Rajav, they're Alex and Rebecca. When I 
get the follow up e-mail it's from Rebecca Wilson. Gimme a 
break; you think I'm going to following up on a job being 
offered by people who have thrown away their credibility?

> I egged him on

I just hung up. I regretted later that I didn't string him 
along for a while.

I almost got taken in by the "I'm in London and got mugged 
and lost my credit cards, plane tickets and passport. I need 
to pay my hotel bill" scam. The mail was from someone I know 
on a local (non-computer) mailing list. I thought I'd wait 
to hear something from people on the list who were his 
friends. He does travel to London, but he'd been in town all 
along. His gmail account had been cracked. He never e-mailed 
any of us to tell us he was OK. I just read the other day 
that this is a well known scam and so phoned up someone on 
the mailing list to find that the fellow had been in town 
all along.

Never trust suspicious looking e-mail from people who are 
computer illiterate.

Joe

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