watch out con men calling home phones beware
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deeman
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watch out con men calling home phones beware
watch out connmen calling your house phone mostly indian men .they say there from a it company and your pc has caught a virus and to log into your pc then going through percinal info regarding your pc .had another today this man asked me if he could talk to the man of the house straight away a cought him out who asks to speek to the man of the house from eny company in 2012 equal rites but if a was older person they could get caught out just to let you people know in this group all you say is what pc a dont have one they hang up on you straight away just beware hope this helps some one Dee
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Capncol
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Re: watch out con men calling home phones beware
Yep. I've had them too. I usually say " Hang on a minute, I'll get the bloke that deals with the computer" Then leave them hanging on. Record is just under 3 mins before they hang up!
Cheers Col.
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206cc 1.6ltr (Wifes toy)
Mercedes ML (workhorse)
Corvette C3 (my toy)
When requesting help of a technical nature, please give as much detail of the fault as possible along with details of exact model, engine size & type, gearbox, year, mileage, and any relevant work carried out to try to solve the problem to help us help you.
Better still, put the details in your signature.
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fatboyslim
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- Location: Home of the RAF,Lincolnshire
Re: watch out con men calling home phones beware
They also try to get you to log into a site called TEAMVIEWER
This allows them to gain control of your computer,which could lead to god know what happening!!
This allows them to gain control of your computer,which could lead to god know what happening!!
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han18
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- Location: Wiltshire
Re: watch out con men calling home phones beware
Why would people want to do this?! 