Police: Fraudulent ‘Computer Assistance’ Calls
The police are again reminding people to “remain vigilant” regarding phone calls, e-mails and other correspondence from unknown persons that attempt to obtain personal information or other sensitive data.
A police spokesperson said, “Once again the Bermuda Police Service would like to remind members of the public to remain vigilant regarding phone calls, e-mails and other correspondence from unknown persons that attempt to obtain personal information or other sensitive data.
“In a recent reported instance, the call apparently originated from Barbados, with the unknown caller offering to help the local recipient with alleged glitches reportedly affecting their home computer. It is strongly recommended that any similar unsolicited communication be ignored.
“Residents are advised that personal information regarding accessing their home computer[s] is valuable and that this information should never be relayed over the internet or phone to unknown persons.
“Any incidents of suspected internet fraud should be reported to the Financial Crime Unit on telephone number 247-1757 or via the e-mail address fraud2@bps.bm.”
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Hmm… Tried reporting an obvious scam…persons were quite insistent…emailed me several times! Well our helpful BPS said “Just delete it..”
We received one such call and they are telemarketing scrypted,you can hear the paper in his hands….rule number one….they don’t call you….and question everything…they are usually poorly prepared to actually answer random questions……there are many people like this….in Florida they’ll wait until the most exiting part of the movie and state that it is OK they are looking for something they left behind……do what I did….tell them to get cracking…step back and be prepared to deal with it if they persist,if it looks wrong or sounds wrong it most likely is!