This scammer called me on my cellphone this morning telling me I was due a refund for “computer services”. Had me connect via 1234computer.com yata yata. Then he installed Team Viewer and configured it for unattended access.
Then he tries to get me to log in to my PayPal account, which of course I don’t do.
Then he takes me to Western Union and tries to get me to signup there. I then ask him for his company’s address and phone number. The address is obviously fake but the number seems to work.
When I tell him I know it’s a scam and that he’s connected to a VM behind a VPN he’s none too pleased, yelling at me that my IP address will be hacked and used for criminal activity so the police will show up at my door.
The number doesn’t seem to work with FireRTC, but when I called it back on my cellphone they answered “Hello. Do you have the card?”
You can tell the number is forwarded, due to the double ring happening. In any case, FireRTC wont work, but other apps, like Talkatone, will work. It just rings to an Indian fellow saying “Hello”, but he doesn’t claim to be from Microsoft or any other company.
these guys are pigs, absolute total dumbass pigs…
This ‘refund’ scam has been going for a while. Here’s one I recorded 3 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLFnJVeHfIk