#Control windows r scam keygen#

#Control windows r scam keygen#

The next part consisted of getting a remote person to fix these вЂњissuesвЂќ for me. Other than the blatant lies, she had not been too pushy and to her credit gave me the option to decline assistance.

She kindly asked me if I wanted to remediate all these problems and I accepted it. When I gave her a ball park number, she retorted: вЂњYou are just guessing, I want you to countвЂќ.ДЄt this point I was ready to beg her to stop and she seemed to think it was enough convincing, that I was ripe enough to move on to the next step. She made me focus on the status of each Service and asked me once again to count how many вЂњstoppedвЂќ ones there were. Yet another lie, as those Prefetch files are simply used by Windows to launch programs faster.Д«ad things come in threes, as I was now instructed to open the вЂњSystem Configuration UtilityвЂќ, also known as msconfig. The interesting thing about this is that she called those files spyware and viruses so we went from my computer having some errors to being infected. While we could have stopped right there, she was intent on pursuing the diagnostic further. вЂњYou can see it in your own eyesвЂќ, she continued before asking me to count how many I could see. They then made me type a few more keys to open up WindowвЂ™s Event Viewer:ДЇigure1: Run dialog and command to open Event ViewerДЇigure2: Event Viewer showing typical errorsД¬onveniently, the event viewer will always show some warning or error which the scammer can leverage to instill fear. I was instructed to press the вЂњWindowsвЂќ and вЂњRвЂќ as in Robert keys together to get to the Windows Run dialog box. They essentially make you open different applications which arenвЂ™t typically known by regular users. This scam is a well-oiled machine which starts off with the alleged Microsoft representative asking you to turn on your computer to perform some checks for errors. The callerвЂ™s number did not appear on my phone, a sign that they were using some Voice over IP (VoIP) or such technology that both completely hides their identity and costs them nothing for long distance calls.

I immediately recognized what this was all about and decided to play the game to see how far this would go. It happens that I got вЂthe callвЂ™ while minding my own business on a regular work day. These telephony scams have been going on for many years and scammers keep robbing innocent people sadly because their success ratio is still worth their time and effort. Have you ever received a call from someone with a heavy Indian accent from Microsoft saying your computer had errors or viruses? The purpose of these calls is to get an easy $299 (or whatever amount they choose) by scaring you into thinking thereвЂ™s something really wrong with your computer and that they can fix it for you.