In the UK, especially business, we get a lot of strange calls where
criminals try to access computers remotely.
Our computers are just terminals linked to a central government mainframe but for the last
several months, various attempts have been made to access our computer systems.
In one week I got 3 such calls, other staff members got them also.
Typical example of the calls :
Caller - hello I'm calling from Google about a problem with your PC.
Me - oh what is that
Caller - did you know your PC is throwing off error messages and causing
feedback to Google.
Me - oh that's interesting since I'm not using a PC
Caller - well you do have a computer don't yes
Me - well yes I suppose you can call it that
Caller - look I'm trying to be nice, we need to sort this out or your system
will be responsible for crashing the Google servers, but I can sort it out if
you give me remote access and I can quickly resolve the matter
Me - what, little old me is that powerful that I could bring a mighty organisation
like Google crashing to its knees!
Caller - I'm trying to be nice but if you don't cooperate then we will take you to
court for any damage done! I told you your PC is throwing out error messages
and malware. Now just follow these instructions and we can sort it out.
Me - I told you I don't have a PC.
zzzz end of phone call as he put the phone down
Oh what fun!