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New Scareware scam
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Scareware scam increasing incidents.
A Reg reader said his mum got a cold call peddling scareware on Thursday. "My mum just had a call from someone claiming that there was something wrong with her computer. Luckily she was busy and called me," our reader Jamie writes.
He was able to warn her that the ruse was a scam after searching for information on the net and finding a story by H-security on the tactic, dating back to last month. H-Security reports that scammers phone up to warn victims that their PCs are infected and might become damaged beyond repair unless they purchase security software of questionable utility.
Callers pretend to come from an outfit called supportonclick.com, according to a warning by Staffordshire Council Trading Standards
Story here
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/10/supportonclick_scareware_scam/
interesting reading here from Malwarebytes forum,
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=11156
a little Googling on "supportonclick" will reveal more info
A Reg reader said his mum got a cold call peddling scareware on Thursday. "My mum just had a call from someone claiming that there was something wrong with her computer. Luckily she was busy and called me," our reader Jamie writes.
He was able to warn her that the ruse was a scam after searching for information on the net and finding a story by H-security on the tactic, dating back to last month. H-Security reports that scammers phone up to warn victims that their PCs are infected and might become damaged beyond repair unless they purchase security software of questionable utility.
Callers pretend to come from an outfit called supportonclick.com, according to a warning by Staffordshire Council Trading Standards
Story here
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/10/supportonclick_scareware_scam/
interesting reading here from Malwarebytes forum,
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=11156
a little Googling on "supportonclick" will reveal more info
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