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Lee Koo
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Scam alert. Are you getting phone calls by people claiming to be tech support?
Dear CNET members,
Happy Friday! This week???s topic from member Glen51 is not so much
a traditional Q&A, but more of an alert to warn all unsuspecting members
that scammers are on the loose! These perpetrators are making calls to
people's homes disguising themselves as tech support from a well-known
company, claiming you may be infected by a virus. They ultimately want
you to give them access to your computer to fix the issue. And once they
have access, who knows what will get compromised?
While these scammers haven't called my house yet, after reading
through all our members' posts in the discussion, surprisingly, this
is not only happening quite frequently, but also happening across the
globe. The good thing is that unless you give these scammers
access to your computer, your system won't get compromised, at least
not from these people. So, please beware folks!
Many people have shared their experiences getting these type of calls
and I truly enjoyed some of the hilarious comments of how some people
either dealt or would deal with these would-be scammers if they called
(listed them in the Q&A section). So read through all the comments --
where even member Glen51 swung by to post a thank you note to all
here. And if you experienced any of these types of fraudulent calls or
got scammed by one of these perpetrators, share it with us. After all,
we are here to share the knowledge and the more we know about
them ahead of time, the safer we all can be. Please spread the word
on these scammers. Stay safe and thanks to all who contributed!
Have a great weekend!
Cheers!
-Lee
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