[access-uk] Re: Computer Scam: Warning

  • From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:36:34 +0100

Hi Eleanor,

They don't have to give their number, if it is picked up on the Caller ID
system, then trueCall will grab it and you can star or zap it at any point.

All the best

Steve

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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Eleanor Martha Burke
Sent: 11 August 2014 15:44
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Computer Scam: Warning

Indeed provided they give their number at that point.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john gallagher" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 3:38 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Computer Scam: Warning


> hi there well i have dyson as one of my stared callers so it would not be 
> blocked this is the beauty of true call you can create a stared list or a 
> zap list so if the caller is not a stared list it asks them to say their 
> number. then truecall rings you and ask if you want to accept their call. 
> of course they will say who they are but all these idiots ringing will not

> go that far so you just do not get the hassall of even hearing that they 
> ring you the best thing i have done since my last win at chess smile but 
> no being serious it really has made a big difference to not getting silly 
> calls. again if it was the hospital when truecall asks them for the number

> and who they are then again you have the choice whether you anser it or 
> not.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eleanor Martha Burke <eleanormarthaburke@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, 11 August 2014 3.29 pm
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Computer Scam: Warning
>
>>
>>
>> I understand where you are coming from John but for instance I had a
>> withheld phone call this afternoon and it was from Dyson who are coming 
>> to
>> repair my cleaner tomorrow morning.  Now if I ignored the call then I 
>> would
>> miss out on the appointment.  Likewise hospitals tend to withhold their
>> numbers.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "john gallagher" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 11.07 AM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Computer Scam: Warning
>>
>>
>> > hi there this is why should should use true call this is one of my 
>> > zapped
>> > numbers they are trying to get clever now and showing there number. i
>> > never ever pick the phone up to this kind of number or person and it is

>> > a
>> > shame open reach cannot stop it and we have to buy extra tools to do 
>> > so. i
>> > was getting 4 or five calls per day some were genuen piano tuning calls
>> > but again never ever answer them i say. these people are getting very 
>> > very
>> > clever it can be very scarey though but now for me i do not get these
>> > calls because of true call.
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: Pele West <pele.west@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: Access UK <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Date: Monday, 11 August 2014 10.59 am
>> > Subject: [access-uk] Computer Scam: Warning
>> >
>> 0was
>> 0was
>> 0was Hi Everyone
>> 0was
>> 0was I know most of us know about these scams, but I thought I would 
>> share my
>> 0was experience of one. I have to confess that I did not just put the 
>> phone
>> 0was down, which I should have done, as I was intrigued to see how things
>> 0was would go.
>> 0was
>> 0was An Asian gentleman rang up last Friday afternoon. He knew my surname

>> and
>> 0was initial, which is the same as my husband's. He knew our address.
>> 0was
>> 0was I asked for his phone number which was
>> 0was 02033 180712
>> 0was
>> 0was He said his company was
>> 0was Windows Technical Department
>> 0was Windows Service Centre
>> 0was
>> 0was He said he was investigating a cyber security breach and needed to
>> 0was change our computer licence. He gave me the following licence 
>> number:
>> 0was
>> 0was 888DCA60-FC0A-11CF-8F0F-00C04FD7D062
>> 0was
>> 0was He said I should type Assoc from the DOS Command line to see if this
>> 0was number was correct.
>> 0was
>> 0was I put the phone down and did some work with Google. I found an 
>> article
>> 0was on the net which contained this same licence key and a very similar
>> 0was phone number.
>> 0was
>> 0was My computer also has this key. It is shown on a line beginning
>> 0was
>> 0was $diszfsendtotarget7clsid
>> 0was
>> 0was When he rang back I told him what I had found and he evinced 
>> surprise.
>> 0was
>> 0was He then said that if I did not let him give me a new licence key he
>> 0was would take the current key away and my computer would not work 
>> again.
>> 0was This would happen in 3 hours.
>> 0was
>> 0was I told him he was talking rubbish and he said if I thought he was a 
>> scam
>> 0was he could not help me.
>> 0was
>> 0was I have found out from a Technical Support person at Eset that the
>> 0was licence keys are issued by MicroSoft to different manufacturers. So 
>> Dell
>> 0was have one, Acer have another, and so on.
>> 0was
>> 0was Needless to say, I am sending this message from my PC 3 days later.
>> 0was
>> 0was I think some people could be rather upset if they were told their
>> 0was machines would not work with their current licence key.
>> 0was
>> 0was Pele West
>> 0was
>> 0was
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