Feb 21, 2015
Of course only an imbecile would actually fall for this scam but I like to talk to scam callers, to see what's goin' on in Bangalore.
This call came from (213)-928-6387, supposedly in Los Angeles. A man with a very thick Indian or Pakistani accent told me "their service center" was receiving traffic from my PC whenever I logged on, and that their analysis showed it is infected with a pernicious Trojan virus. Fortunately, he offered to help. It seems a lot of people at that call center were helping other. It was so noisy behind him that he had to keep asking whether I could hear him. I could even hear other conversations. That trojan is running amok. Everyone with a phone has got it!
He walked me through some of the Windows management screens to browse warnings and errors and asked me to delete one, which Windows does not permit. This naturally proves that my PC is infected with a nasty Trojan, but don;t worry. I said he was going to help me. Remember? He asked me to open Internet Explorer and go to www.win32.us. I Googled, "what is win32 us" and saw newspaper articles describing the scam to get remote access to victims' computers. So I hung up.
But he called me back. I told him I changed my mind. He asked why. I said, "There is nothing wrong with my computer."
He said," So you don;t want me to help you?" He sounded hurt. Con men have feelings too.