[access-uk] Re: Computer Scam: Warning
- From: Shaun O'Connor <capricorn8159@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:49:52 +0100
good point. another thing worth knowing. Microsoft policy, as far as i
know is NEVER to call people out of the blue to request they change
their licence let alone ask them to fiddle about with the command line..
My guess is that this was an elaborate attempt to gain access to your
computer file system for data harvesting.
On 11/08/2014 10:58, Pele West wrote:
> 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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