New (to me) phone call scam.

[Bob F]

I just received a call. The guy "wanted to inform me that my computer had just
downloaded some files from the internet. The files are inf and pnf files, these
are the most dangerous files. I'm going to help you. Are you at your
computer?......"

When I told him I don't know what he is up to, but I know it's no good, he hung
up.

[Shoe-Chucker 2]

In article <l1ff2k$9t6$1...@dont-email.me>, "Bob F" <bobn...@gmail.com>
wrote:

We just let the machine catch all incoming calls. all.
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Karma ; what a concept!

[lexie]

And it would be very helful if you can share the phone number the
scammer used, too. You know, like what they do at Callercenter.com The
complaints posted there include details about the scammer such as the
name, address, the phone number and how the scam was perpetrated. People
can use the information.




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lexie

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

I know one or two that have received this call and they don't have a computer (hard to believe, but it's true). When they informed the Indian sounding caller he pretty much called them a liar.

[bob haller]

scammers can create whatever bogus caller ID they care too........

[The Real Bev]

On 09/24/2013 08:06 PM, bob haller wrote:

> scammers can create whatever bogus caller ID they care too........

Just feed the number into google. Chances are you're not the first one.

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Cheers,
Bev
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[Michael Black]

On Tue, 24 Sep 2013, The Real Bev wrote:

> On 09/24/2013 08:06 PM, bob haller wrote:
>
>> scammers can create whatever bogus caller ID they care too........
>
> Just feed the number into google. Chances are you're not the first one.
>

I've done that, a very frequently dsplayed number apparently belongs to
Bell telephone. I assume someone has put their number in the "return
field" but who knows. One time years back on dialup, the minute I hung up
from my ISP, Bell phones, wanting to ask about internet or something. I
figured that call was because they were watching, checking for long phone
calls or maybe even checking for data on those lines.

Michael