My Dad had a phone call yesterday by a person with an Indian accent saying that there was a problem with his PC and that they needed him to connect the computer to the web so they could show him the problem and fix it for him.
Luckily for my father this was not the first time he's been contacted so he declined their service.
For those who haven't heard of the scam the caller asks you to follow their instruction and shows you that there is a problem with your PC. They show you "Errors" in your Event Viewer which are always there on everyone's PC's anyway.
They then get you to download a piece of software that lets the take over your PC to "fix" it. This will open your PC for them to steal your data and will charge you to get rid of the "errors". It has been reported that people have been charged £185.
If you receive one of these calls don't get scammed. Put the phone down and if your worried please phone us.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres
What is the Event Viewer?
The Event Viewer shows any significant event that happens in your PC. They can be programme, security or system events.
Take a look at your Event Viewer
Start>Control Panel> Administrative Tools> Event Viewer>System
You can always see "Errors" in the Event Viewer, this is normal, but this is what the scammers use to show that there is a so called problem on your PC.
