YES I've gotten calls like that in the past from some people from china someplace trying to claim they work for MS. I don't know who to report them to. It's not just fishing it's "social engineering" (aka fraud and lying)- in my case the guy was all panicky that I might have malware and if I let him run my computer he'll fix it. I didn't let the guy get on with his sales pitch before hanging up on him. I run a regular virus sweep and malware sweep. I think he gave up after the third time I hung up on him. Why would I trust some complete stranger calling up going on and on about how many evil things might be on my computer-why would I trust someone who wasn't recomended to me by a someone who I trust to controll my computer-answer: I don't.
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Nicholas Thompson < nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Can anybody confirm this as a new form of pfishing? **** > > ** ** > > I got a call from a number in DC today, somebody with a strong Indian > sub-continent accident, telling me that my computer was sending error > messages to the network and offering to help me correct them. (I have the > number in my phone trap, and would report it if I knew where to report it > to.) The next step involved my going on my computer and connect it to > them, I assume. These guys were pretty bad at what they were doing,, but > I can imagine a more subtle line that I might have fallen for. **** > > ** ** > > Does anybody recognize this? **** > > ** ** > > N**** > > ** ** > > Nicholas S. Thompson**** > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology**** > > Clark University**** > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/**** > > http://www.cusf.org**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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