He tried to get her to log into her bank account online but luckily she doesn't do online banking! He then asked for social security numbers and was talking about setting up PayPal for her so he could refund the fraudulent Amazon charge and then was talking about Bitcoin. He had her enter her debit card number (which she has since canceled- there was a $400 fee charged through PayPal that the bank is disputing). The guy guided her through logging into amazon and then anydesk. She got a text from "Amazon" saying her account was hacked. I found this suspicious and ended the call.My mom was just targeted with an AnyDesk scam :(
I had to install and open Anydesk Remote Desktop. I was put in touch with Europol and asked to answer a series of personal questions. Jack: This afternoon I received a phone call from someone at the FPS who sounded very reliable and claimed that I had been hacked and was on a money laundering list. I received instructions via Google Translate to pay the money. My PC was remotely controlled using AnyDesk. I was asked to pay 359 euros for the installation of these programs and for support for one year.Īmir : A company called Blockchain explained to me that they wanted to refund the money I had lost a year earlier through another company called Financial Reserve. The person I got on the line took control of my computer after installing Anydesk. Here are the testimonies of some victims:Īnja : All of a sudden, a message appeared on my computer warning me that my computer was infected with a "Trojan horse" (a virus) and that I should call a number for help. This type of scam is called a remote access scam.
Unfortunately, this type of software (sometimes very useful) can be misused by fraudsters. This is Remote Desktop Software which allows hackers to take control of your computer remotely. In recent weeks, we have received several reports of victims of a scam where they are asked to download a program.
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