[access-uk] Computer Scam: Warning
- From: Pele West <pele.west@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Access UK <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:58:26 +0100
Hi Everyone
I know most of us know about these scams, but I thought I would share my
experience of one. I have to confess that I did not just put the phone
down, which I should have done, as I was intrigued to see how things
would go.
An Asian gentleman rang up last Friday afternoon. He knew my surname and
initial, which is the same as my husband's. He knew our address.
I asked for his phone number which was
02033 180712
He said his company was
Windows Technical Department
Windows Service Centre
He said he was investigating a cyber security breach and needed to
change our computer licence. He gave me the following licence number:
888DCA60-FC0A-11CF-8F0F-00C04FD7D062
He said I should type Assoc from the DOS Command line to see if this
number was correct.
I put the phone down and did some work with Google. I found an article
on the net which contained this same licence key and a very similar
phone number.
My computer also has this key. It is shown on a line beginning
.zfsendtotarget=clsid
When he rang back I told him what I had found and he evinced surprise.
He then said that if I did not let him give me a new licence key he
would take the current key away and my computer would not work again.
This would happen in 3 hours.
I told him he was talking rubbish and he said if I thought he was a scam
he could not help me.
I have found out from a Technical Support person at Eset that the
licence keys are issued by MicroSoft to different manufacturers. So Dell
have one, Acer have another, and so on.
Needless to say, I am sending this message from my PC 3 days later.
I think some people could be rather upset if they were told their
machines would not work with their current licence key.
Pele West
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