[Hidden-tech] iComputerCare: dangerous or the real deal?

[Ed Bride]

HTers,

 

Has anybody received a cold-call from a company called iComputerCare.com?
They present themselves as calling from "the maintenance department of
Windows," saying they are connected to all Windows computers. And my
computer is sending error messages with indications that dangerous software
is being downloaded, etc., etc.  When I asked what IP address was sending
them these messages, they gave me 172.116.10.177, which I checked with
WHOIS, to no avail.

 

I talked with them for a while, but when they asked me to sit in front of my
computer (where do they think I was already sitting?) and start looking
things up, I decided to ask if the call was being recorded. They said yes,
and I reminded them that they had broken the law by not telling me up-front;
when I said, "I'd like to record this as well. Would you please start this
conversation over, so I can get it from the beginning," they muttered
something in a foreign language, and hung up.

 

OK...a huge waste of time. I suppose the question is: is this a new scam, an
old scam, or not a scam?

 

Ed

 

 

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