TrailBeast
AKA Mopars4us on Youtube
If it wasn't so pathetically stupid it would almost be a comedy skit.
I have a computer customer that got a phone call from someone who told her if she would allow them to put 5k in her bank account they would let her keep 2k just for going down to Walmart and buy 3k worth of I tunes music cards and give them a list of the serial numbers.
Then she allowed them to access her computer and watch her log into her bank while they loaded a screenshot of her account page which they altered to show the 5k deposit. (this could be done in about 30 seconds)
Seeing the supposed 5k added to the 3k she had she agreed and went down to Walmart and bout 3k worth of these I tunes music cards, went home and gave them all the numbers.
THEN they apparently realized she was gullible enough so they told her that 1k worth of the cards numbers were wrong and she owed them 1k more with good serial numbers, which she went back and did.
Basically what happened is they got her to spend everything she had in her account (3k) and then another 1k out of her savings on I tunes music cards which they now had all the serial numbers for and could sell them online.
She spent most of an entire day following their instructions without so much as ONE call to us to find out it was a scam.
This woman is the accountant for a construction business.
I hate to say it, but how stupid can a person be?
NEVER EVER believe anything someone calls you on the phone about having to do with your computer or online accounts EVER.
The ONLY people that will ever call having anything to do with your computer or online accounts are scammers.
Same with emails that tell you that there is some problem with an account and want you to "Log in here"
ALWAYS go directly to your bank or account log in page to log in and see if there is any problem.
NEVER click a login link in an email, as it is almost always a scammer hoping you will put your information in so they can use it to rip you off.
Emails for verification purposes are different, because normally you just asked for a password reset or something along that line.
Again, someone calling you unsolicited about anything having to do with your computer or online accounts is a scam.
I have a computer customer that got a phone call from someone who told her if she would allow them to put 5k in her bank account they would let her keep 2k just for going down to Walmart and buy 3k worth of I tunes music cards and give them a list of the serial numbers.
Then she allowed them to access her computer and watch her log into her bank while they loaded a screenshot of her account page which they altered to show the 5k deposit. (this could be done in about 30 seconds)
Seeing the supposed 5k added to the 3k she had she agreed and went down to Walmart and bout 3k worth of these I tunes music cards, went home and gave them all the numbers.
THEN they apparently realized she was gullible enough so they told her that 1k worth of the cards numbers were wrong and she owed them 1k more with good serial numbers, which she went back and did.
Basically what happened is they got her to spend everything she had in her account (3k) and then another 1k out of her savings on I tunes music cards which they now had all the serial numbers for and could sell them online.
She spent most of an entire day following their instructions without so much as ONE call to us to find out it was a scam.
This woman is the accountant for a construction business.
I hate to say it, but how stupid can a person be?
NEVER EVER believe anything someone calls you on the phone about having to do with your computer or online accounts EVER.
The ONLY people that will ever call having anything to do with your computer or online accounts are scammers.
Same with emails that tell you that there is some problem with an account and want you to "Log in here"
ALWAYS go directly to your bank or account log in page to log in and see if there is any problem.
NEVER click a login link in an email, as it is almost always a scammer hoping you will put your information in so they can use it to rip you off.
Emails for verification purposes are different, because normally you just asked for a password reset or something along that line.
Again, someone calling you unsolicited about anything having to do with your computer or online accounts is a scam.
