If someone wearing an official-looking uniform rang your doorbell unannounced, stated they were from your local car dealership’s service department, and said they needed your car keys to fix a
By Dave Moore | CISSP, For The Transcript Mar 7, 2021
Dave Moore
If someone called you on the phone, said they were from the âWindows Technical Departmentâ and claimed they needed to remotely repair your computer because it had been hacked, would you believe them?
What if the caller said your computerâs license had expired, and needed to be renewed, or your Social Security number had been cancelled, or your iCloud account had been hacked, or your Amazon purchase for $800 had been approved? Would you believe any of those callers?
I hope not, because theyâre all scams. Someone contacts me at least once a week, stating they have received such a call, and asking if it was legitimate. One of this weekâs jobs has been helping someone who fell for the scam, gave the bad guys their credit card number, got ripped off, had the bad guys lock them out of their computer and lost everything there.