A scam where you are called up by someone claiming to be from tech support, pc world,microsoft or whatever claiming to offer computer support.
They claim here are problems with your computer,telling you to download a programme called windows event viewer,which then tell you you have loads of problems,then charge you £185 to solve these non-existent problems.
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Today (april 23 2011) at about 1.15pm, I received a phone call from someone claiming they were calling on behalf of my local isp,saying i had a virus on my computer and i would need to go to a certain website, couldn't understand him(although i did guess the word viewer from realising this properbly had something to do with the windows event viewer scam)I eventually worked out teamviewer, said i should download teamviewer so he could sort out virus problem,he actually cut out on me once,third time didn't answer him.
Not sure teamviewer could even be installed on my computer.
Incidentally teamviewer are a reputable firm who don't approve of misuse of their software.
On first phonecall mentioned I should type in ammyy(ammyy admin-free remote desktop sharing and remote control software).
His indian accent(i think he said his name was ray or jeff, can't remember) was so thick and the line so bad that i couldn't understand him,I think if i remember correctly he then tried to get me to type in the teamviewer thing,only i thought he was saying `g', i only realized later when I googled it that `g' was actually `t' also mentioned `vw' methinks, I guessed as i said above that he meant viewer, he said `yes' and he then said teamviewer, I actually typed it into google and went the page, spotting a wikipedia entry which I clicked on to read all about teamviewer and i read about the malicious use of this software,so realized this was properbly the same as the windows event viewer scam.
The scammer wasn't helped by the fact that my mind went blank when he talked to me.
Perhaps the scammer would do better if could find a honest line of work.
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