Windows 10: Inside the shady world of antivirus telemarketing

Discus and support Inside the shady world of antivirus telemarketing in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; Unfortunately many people are falling for this scam. The agents are instructed to stick to a 13-page script. They ask callers whether they have... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by Borg 386, Jun 12, 2015.

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  1. BORG 386
    Borg 386 Win User

    Inside the shady world of antivirus telemarketing


    Unfortunately many people are falling for this scam.

    'Your PC may be infected!' Inside the shady world of antivirus telemarketing | PCWorld

    :)
     
    Borg 386, Jun 12, 2015
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  2. PAUL VAN DER HEU
    Paul van der Heu Win User

    proto.nokia.com stamped on the glass of the digitizer of Lumia 1020???!!!

    Welcome to the wonderful world of eBay.. the land of wonders and long distance buying of shady goods.
     
    Paul van der Heu, Jun 12, 2015
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  3. GRSCHINON
    grschinon Win User
    21.0.101

    Just because you bought it in Israel doesn't mean it was intended for the Israeli market. Some shady retailers import phones from parts of the world where they're cheaper (eastern Europe, China, Africa for example) and install a language pack for their
    country before selling them to end-users such as yourself. When you get round to updating the firmware, this tends to delete the language pack that the shady retailer installed and you're left with the phone as it was originally intended for the eastern European,
    Chinese or African market.
     
    grschinon, Jun 12, 2015
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  4. WASE4711
    wase4711 Win User

    Inside the shady world of antivirus telemarketing

    I had one of these morons call me awhile ago..It was funny asking them for specifics about my system, since they "claimed" they were looking at my pc right now, and could see I had virus on my machine"..

    I guess the general public is stupid, because giving any stranger on the phone any personally identifiable information is just plain stupid, no matter WHAT the say to you..
     
    wase4711, Jun 12, 2015
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  5. CLIFF S
    Cliff S New Member
    Don't "Mind Readers" and "Psychics" work the same way?
     
    Cliff S, Jun 12, 2015
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  6. WASE4711
    wase4711 Win User
    *Cool*Shock
     
    wase4711, Jun 12, 2015
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  7. RVBFAN
    rvbfan Win User
    I had one of those calls and played along for a bit. Gave a bunch of made up answers and when he said he detected a virus, I said WOW! That antivirus really is powerful! It found that even though my computer is turned off!

    Click.
     
    rvbfan, Jun 12, 2015
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  8. CLIFF S
    Cliff S New Member

    Inside the shady world of antivirus telemarketing

    Attachment 21487

    Thank Malwarebytes, that I have MBAE protection before going to this site.
     
    Cliff S, Jun 12, 2015
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  9. VOYAGER 1
    Voyager 1 Win User
    Inside the shady world of antivirus telemarketing [​IMG]


    That scammer leave the scene in record time...
    Inside the shady world of antivirus telemarketing [​IMG]
     
    Voyager 1, Jun 13, 2015
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  10. PAULSALTER
    paulsalter Win User
    Thanks for the info, not heard of this before
     
    paulsalter, Jun 13, 2015
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  11. BUNNYJ
    BunnyJ New Member
    I get calls every now and then about this and others trying to get me to give them control of my PC. I just hang up. Works every time.
     
    BunnyJ, Jun 13, 2015
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  12. PAULSALTER
    paulsalter Win User
    The only ones I get are from supposed Microsoft Support (or is this the same)

    I just go along with them and they eventually hang up when I start questioning them
     
    paulsalter, Jun 13, 2015
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  13. BUNNYJ
    BunnyJ New Member

    Inside the shady world of antivirus telemarketing

    That's mostly what I get .. most of the time I just don't answer if I don't know the number.
     
    BunnyJ, Jun 13, 2015
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  14. LAYBACK BEAR
    Layback Bear Win User
    Try asking them a question.

    **Do you know you have called a Police Station**

    Hopefully that will get your phone number off their call list.
     
    Layback Bear, Jun 13, 2015
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  15. CLIFF S
    Cliff S New Member
    I would ask them if they really want access to my system, because, I'm running Kali Linux.

     
    Cliff S, Jun 13, 2015
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