Friday 14 March 2014

Be AWARE & SHARE if you CARE !!!!! VERY IMPORTANT !!!!!!

Be AWARE & SHARE if you CARE  
!!!!!VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!!

I just had a SCAM call from the following numbers in Sydney 0280051898 / 0280914070 pretending to be Telstra/Optus Tech Support, warning me that my PC has been hacked into while they were trying to get me to give them access (to Hack it).

DO NOT FALL INTO THIS TRAP.
DO NOT CO-OPERATE WITH THEM
THIS IS A SCAM

Although this may not be directly related to LinkedIn or Social Media, but we definitely need all the support we can get to warn everyone in our networks using Social Media. 

This was a very obvious scam that I wanted to share with everyone in Australia and all over the world, if you get a call from such numbers or with such instructions be aware.
They will tell you that your computer has been hacked into and ask you to download a remote access software such as "TeamViewer" so that they may access your pc (Hack into it), they will claim that they are from  Optus or Telstra Tech support and threat you that they will disconnect your internet service if you dont get the hacking removed as it could impact the entire internet network in Australia (yea right).

It is very obvious that they are far from professional from the way they talk, optus/telstra wouldn't hire such people.
They are calling random numbers and have no idea who they are speaking to (as in wouldn't say can I speak to Mr. X), they don't know your internet UserID, if in doubt hang up and call your ISP Support directly. I went along with them to see how far they want to go, they asked me to downloading the teamviewer (remote access software) they asked me for the ID and password showing on the software claiming they wanted to verify them, I asked them to give me the numbers and i would verify them (playing along) they said "sorry we sent the number on your screen and we want to verify them before we proceed (as if).

I asked them for numbers to call them back on as i don't have Caller ID the numbers they gave me are:
0280051898  and 0280914070
http://www.reversephonesearch.com.au/0280051898-phone-number



Finally,
Be AWARE and SHARE if you CARE (LIKE/COMMENT/FORWARD/SHARE/EMAIL/....)

I CARE, do you?

Ehab Elagaty
www.linkedin.com/in/sapnetwork
1 of the Most Connected LinkedIn Members Globally in Australia - 30,000 connections
SAP NetWork Global (93,500+ members MAR 2014)
Australia NetWork
SAP NetWork Australia 


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