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Online PC Health Check Scam

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  • 22-05-2010 11:42am
    #1
    Reilstone78
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi,

    I have a query about cold call my parents recieved this morning.

    A company pruporting to be "Online PC Health Check" or something like that were lucky enough to get my parents at home alone and assist them in getting into our PC and attempt to Run something. They claimed our PC had a virus and they needed to run a health check. Luckily enough my Dad had some sense and rang me at this stage and took their number.

    They had my paretns press the Windows + R combination (Run command) and luckily enough I don't think they actually ran anything. My parents were naieve in cooperating for as long as they did. Fortunately my paretns aren't computer literate and they didn't get too far.

    I advised my parents to hang up and I'd ring them back. I rang them back and asked them why they rang my parents/where did they get the number and what they were going to do.

    I spoke to 2 different people from the company (both of Indian descent I think).They claimed they were providing a "free" PC health check (BS I hear u say). They also claimed they got our number from the company we purchased they PC from which is diffcult since I built the PC myself!!

    Just wodering what I should do from here and has anybody encountered something similar. :confused:

    I can provide the phone no. if anybody would like to ring for themselves.

    Rgds
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    smellslikeshoes
    Registered Users Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭smellslikeshoes


    Another similar thread in the Broadband section today http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055918513


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    watty
    Registered Users Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Well known scam. A variant is directing you to a Genuine web site of Genuine remote control software (such as logmein or similar), get you to type stuff in so they can "remotely check" your PC.

    Then of course they install trojan keylogger and bot slave combo software.


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    Reilstone78
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Reilstone78


    Cheers for the replies. I actually found the thread in the other section. Plenty of info there. More annoyed about how they got our number considering we are ex directory!!!


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    smcgiff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,943 ✭✭✭smcgiff


    Reilstone78 wrote: »
    Cheers for the replies. I actually found the thread in the other section. Plenty of info there. More annoyed about how they got our number considering we are ex directory!!!

    random dialling


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    paulm17781
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,858 ✭✭✭paulm17781


    I got one of these at my parents house too. I only wish I'd gone along with his instructions to see where it led. Instead I asked him for a contact phone number, he hung up. I think it was the same company you mentioned.

    They told me they got the number from Eircom - BS.


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