Has anyone received suspicious emails claiming that your computer now has a virus and to call the provided telephone number immediately?
Thanks.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, 10.10.4 Yosemite
Others have reported this, and it is a scam. Do not call them, or reply to the email.
Some people have called the number, paid big money, and gave administrative access to their computer. Don't ever do that.
Thank you VikingOSX. Very glad to have "listened" to that voice inside that said, "This is messed up! No major company would ever approach their client in such a drastic, do-or-die-or-else, styled demand." I was curious though, and did call, but with the intention of not
giving over any information or computer control, not even my true name. That said, the conversation was enlightening. This is a definite scam! The person I spoke with said his name was Henry. No Way! His accent gave him away. I was decent and calm but finally said, "no, stop, stop. There's no way that you could have any idea as to the disposition of my computer. You are a fraud, and I am going to report this to the proper authorities." Felt good to hang up on them too. So, thanks again for your reply.
I took a png of the email. It was from Mac-Virus.Info. They supplied their phone number. I should introduce them to Tom Mabe!!! (check him out on YouTube).
Also heard about this type of scam on the news. Was surprised when it happened to me. Nice to have escaped.
Cheers.
They're even cold-calling now.
I received a call, they said they were from Microsoft and "as you know, we monitor your computer and we were just notified that you have a virus"
I was just going to hang-up, but decided to play with him — I asked him what IP address he had for my computer, and he hung up 🙂
Has anyone received suspicious emails claiming that your computer now has a virus and to call the provided telephone number immediately? Thanks.
