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Post by Ken on Sept 23, 2020 16:00:28 GMT -6
I get these occasionally and they may come from "Apple", "Microsoft", "McAfee" or whatever. I realize it's a scam but what's the angle? It says it took money from my account (which it didn't) for a product I didn't order but then what? I call the number and they ask me for my credit card number? These people need to DIAF.   |
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Post by jimdkc on Sept 23, 2020 16:23:20 GMT -6
I call the number and they ask me for my credit card number? That's probably exactly it. And they probably harvest a lot of card numbers doing that. |
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Post by Ken on Sept 23, 2020 16:36:30 GMT -6
I call the number and they ask me for my credit card number? That's probably exactly it. And they probably harvest a lot of card numbers doing that. It's pretty weird. I'm stupid enough to call and say "hey man, not me" and they ask me for my credit card number and expect me to give it to them? I suppose some people might but wow. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Get a real job.  |
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Post by jimdkc on Sept 23, 2020 17:46:33 GMT -6
They probably say something like, "Sorry for the mistake. Give me your name and card number and we'll reverse the charge!"
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Post by Ken on Sept 23, 2020 18:23:23 GMT -6
They probably say something like, "Sorry for the mistake. Give me your name and card number and we'll reverse the charge!" Mmm, probably. Some people would do it too. My niece got one of those calls from "Microsoft" about there being an issue on her PC that they had to fix. She fell for it. |
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Post by OldMan on Sept 23, 2020 18:42:52 GMT -6
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Post by Ken on Sept 23, 2020 21:11:24 GMT -6
I'm curious how a scammer allows their target to jump onto their system by giving them their TeamViewer partner ID and password. I realize the scammers think they're smarter than everyone and that anyone who would fall for such a thing is probably not the sharpest tool in the shed but wow. That is unreal. Also, I'm not sure what a SYSKEY is. I had to look it up and I see that it's a way to encrypt some things which I'm sure caused an issue on the remote side. Good. The scammers can suck it.
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Post by jimdkc on Sept 23, 2020 22:49:38 GMT -6
You notice in the beginning the scammer tried to get him to download an older version of TeamViewer (version 8). But he downloaded a newer one (version 12). He did that because the newer version puts up a warning about scanners when someone tries to remote control you. Scammers get around this in the new version by giving you control of their computer briefly, then having you transfer control back to them, thus bypassing the warning if they had taken direct control immediately.
Microsoft no longer uses SYSKEYs, so this would only work if the scammer is running an older OS.
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