Okay, here are those instructions:
Posted on 08/24/2017 4:32:18 AM PDT by Dad was my hero
There is no 10K transfer requirement.
Why I’m the WORLD would you let some random jerk on the phone control your computer via TeamVieweer for a financial transaction!? I’m speechless.
NEVER NEVER NEVER give anyone access to your computer with TeamViewer unless it is a reliable source known to you!
You have no idea what they got off your computer!
you were totally scammed!
The Indian or Pakistani accent is all I need to hear...within one second automatic hang-up.
Lucky you. In my experience, no 'wireless' system (cell phones and AT&T wireless home phone etc.) can support true Caller ID, and then there is 'spoofing.' Of course you can program known numbers into your receiver but that brings us back to spoofing.
You need to IMMEDIATELY from another computer; change every password you have.
Its likely too late however.
Any information you have is likely compromised already.
Do not use your computer again until a professional has wiped the hard drive.
Okay, here are those instructions:
If you don’t use T-Mobile, you may want to consider them. They have a service that warns you of scams before you answer the phone. Within weeks the number of potential scams dropped off the cliff. I think the scammers are focusing their efforts on people that don’t have this service.
Yea, it’s a scam. Your instinct on that first call was the correct one.
Total scam.
Nevermind.
If the information were true, you would have been notified through the mail...not by phone.
I just want to say that the company you originally did business with could have been completely legit, but they could have been victims from these scammers, who were able to hack into all their transactions in order to have the “facts” to fool you with.
Let them know what happened; they probably know they were hit but just in case. They need to inform their customers,
ID theft, they have info on you.
DO NOT TRUST OR DOWNLOAD ANYTHING, and MOST CERTAINLY DO NOT PROVIDE BANKING DETAILS. . .
(You are joking, tight. . . )
And add those numbers to your “block” list.
You went about 5000 times further than I would have gone with this crap. No amount of money they promise is worth the world of hurt you almost (or may have) opened yourself to.
IRS would not call.
Period.
Why are you answering calls at all from numbers you do not know?
Deleting it was a good first step, BUT they already accessed your computer and that program left a footprint, so while you deleted it, parts of it still remain to be exploited.
Take to trusted computer guy and have it scrubbed from your computer.
That or they are selling your info. . .that is what they also do. . .sell info about a “live” dupe.
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