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Red Alert: Scammers on the Horizon
7 years ago
I wouldn't normally just post up problems that have hit other people that are easily controlled and resolvable, but this is a serious problem. 
kituneki recently just got pulled into a situation where he gave important details out to someone on the phone, and then gave access to his computer via teamviewer. After doing this they black screened his computer and attempted to completely eradicate his system and hard-drive, attempting to also brick said HDD. He managed to pull the plug before they could do irreversable damage, and he has contacted his bank and other important things such as phone company.
His misfortune is easily fixed now, as hes already reset his computer to factory settings, and really only lost some pictures he may have had, which of course are easily regained if they're here and stored other sites as well. But this does ring true that we all should be careful who we give out details and access to whats important to us.
Currently the scammers are only affecting UK citizens, but its not a long stretch for them to try and reach out towards US or other European areas as well. If you do not know a number coming in on your phone, please be careful with what you tell them. If they ask you for teamviewer access, do NOT let them in. Hang up and immediately block that number, and get in touch with your bank and other important companies if they managed to get some details out of you. I would also recommend reporting that number they called with in hopes that the phone companies can catch the jerks.
kituneki recently just got pulled into a situation where he gave important details out to someone on the phone, and then gave access to his computer via teamviewer. After doing this they black screened his computer and attempted to completely eradicate his system and hard-drive, attempting to also brick said HDD. He managed to pull the plug before they could do irreversable damage, and he has contacted his bank and other important things such as phone company.His misfortune is easily fixed now, as hes already reset his computer to factory settings, and really only lost some pictures he may have had, which of course are easily regained if they're here and stored other sites as well. But this does ring true that we all should be careful who we give out details and access to whats important to us.
Currently the scammers are only affecting UK citizens, but its not a long stretch for them to try and reach out towards US or other European areas as well. If you do not know a number coming in on your phone, please be careful with what you tell them. If they ask you for teamviewer access, do NOT let them in. Hang up and immediately block that number, and get in touch with your bank and other important companies if they managed to get some details out of you. I would also recommend reporting that number they called with in hopes that the phone companies can catch the jerks.
Hmhmhhm, as I said to you all lastnight, the upside of my being so very retro-minded in that i'm rather computer-illiterate, I can't actually give them any details they want because that's all going way over my head.. and because i'm very distrusting of most folks, I wouldn't even bother giving them anything truthful. ^_^
Eh.. if I don't feel screwing with them, i'll just start talking to them in Russian and they'll eventually give up and hang up. X3
But yea, be careful with who you give your info to, there are a lot of scumbags out there that'll want to steal it... instead of getting off of their lazy asses and getting a job... ¬_¬;