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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 31/01/12 17:00, Martijn Grooten wrote: > They called me again yesterday. I played along for a while and before > they were supposed to connect to my PC, I said I needed to go and > would call them back the next day. By then I had set up a VM running > XP. Did they give you a number to call them back on? > Had great fun and it was interesting to see what happens if you fall > for them. Interestingly, no credit card check is performed (so they > record the number and presumably charge you later) and thus I got Did you give them a completely random number, one which should pass a basic validation check or one reserved for drama purposes? > through to the "end". They would probably be convincing for the true > computer illiterate but generally they were rather clueless - there > were a lot of hints that this was a brand new Windows installation, > non of which they picked up. I suspect that these people are "script kiddies", probably actually following a script. They probably wouldn't even notice a VMware/Virtual Box tray icon. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk8oP3cACgkQsoRLMhsZpFfmrQCfYGv07CcqsBBpDqGKT3dZWvHc ehEAnidfdITCt/FMO7E64SCaUyV56VvK =l1Eh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq