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ALBANY,
Ga. — Beverly King on Briercliff Lane received a phone call from a
stranger recently. She said the man, who spoke with a heavy Indian accent,
informed her of a virus infection in her computer but he was ready to fix the
problem.
“He told me his name was
John Anderson and that he worked for Microsoft,” King said. “I didn’t believe
that for a minute, but he was very insistent and almost demanded that I turn on
my computer so I could see what he was saying. He got upset when I wouldn’t do
it.”King said it obvious to her the whole thing was a scam.
She knew already that Microsoft “never makes cold calls about computers.” She
was right. Microsoft states repeatedly and in many separate sources that they
never call people about their computers.
Other Albany residents have reported receiving similar calls.
Almost certainly, King was the intended victim of an
international “boiler room” scam originating in India. According to consumer
information issued by the Federal Trade Commission, tens of thousands of people
have been convinced to pay for needless “fixes” for malware or virus
infections.
This is how it works, says the FTC: Organized scammers scan
English-speaking phone books for likely victims. After getting their prospects
to the phone, the scammers first claim they’ve detected malware on the
prospects’ computers.
Then, according to an October 2012 article in “theguardian,”
victims are directed to a program in their computer called “Event Viewer,” a
standard part of the Windows operating system. That program displays logs of
events occurring on the computer, sometimes with the label of “Warning” or
“Error” which in fact have no significance to infection or the smooth running
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