Comments on: BPS Scam Advisory: Fraudulent Computer Calls

By: John Stifler

John Stifler — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 07:53:50 +0000

This is why I never trust people over the phone, especially if the number is not familiar. I usually look up the number on sites like http://whycall.me or just simply Google it to see if people have been reporting the number. It saves a lot of my time, and my number is less likely to be targeted by scammers now.

By: mj

mj — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 01:33:58 +0000

was at a friends earlier and a call came through saying the computer had a virus. funny thing is, there was no computer at the residence and so they said it was the phone, the phone was not a cell and when asked why they were calling so late and what their names were they hung up …hmm

By: Grakoos

Grakoos — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 19:25:46 +0000

I personally know of one case – a very intelligent person, a senior executive at a reinsurance company, lured to a fake Norton Antivirus website, gave credit card details and minutes later received a phone call from a supposed Microsoft rep telling her that her computer was “seriously compromised” and offering “help”.

Her credit card was charged by the operator of fake Norton website, and she had to cancel her card.