A good buddy was playing on his computer yesterday when he developed the blue screen of death. Moments later, there was an official looking Microsoft message saying to call a certain telephone number immediately. Thinking this was a bonafide message he called the number and they said his file was corrupt, but he needed to verify this so they asked him to do a few functions. Within seconds, his cursor was seen moving about his computer screen without him moving the mouse.
Yep, they got him good. He immediately shut down his computer and took it to the Geek Squad and Best Buy, and will be charging him $149 to clean up this corruption, then another $30 a year for some installed spyware. He has now called his 4 credit cards, locking his account. He also notified his bank, and is changing account numbers and changing any and all passwords.
Nick, please advise what our viewers should do if they receive this Phishing message on their home computers.
Yep, they got him good. He immediately shut down his computer and took it to the Geek Squad and Best Buy, and will be charging him $149 to clean up this corruption, then another $30 a year for some installed spyware. He has now called his 4 credit cards, locking his account. He also notified his bank, and is changing account numbers and changing any and all passwords.
Nick, please advise what our viewers should do if they receive this Phishing message on their home computers.
