I just received a call from an indian microsoft technician. He informed me that my PC is sending a ton of error messages to microsoft. Most likely it has been hacked, and he would help me by remoting in and fixing the problem for me. I just wonder… Is it my PopOs or my Manjaro PC that sends all this info to microsoft?

  • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
    182·
    8 months ago

    My Boomer dad got taken in by one of these scams. They didn’t manage to do much damage, thankfully.

    • naun@lemmy.world
      40·
      8 months ago

      My Silent Generation mom kept one of these guys on the phone for an hour before telling him she didn’t have a computer. Oh, the language he used afterwards!

        • naun@lemmy.world
          3·
          8 months ago

          Intentional trolling. My mom is sharp and well aware of internet scams. (Well, she was 15ish years ago, when she did this. She’s slowed down a bit of late, but she’s careful to check with one of us to make sure things are on the up-and-up.) She had a blast messing with him.

    • Vqhm@lemmy.world
      12·
      8 months ago

      Yea l knew someone that gave remote access out to one of these scams. Couldn’t be sure they didn’t leave a reverse shell so we just formated the drive and reinstalled windblows.