So I just got a phone call and the person on the other end was saying that my computer was being hacked ( suspicious) So they tell me to do something i ignore it and hang up based on the noise i hear on the background it was kids playing it sounded like it was from home. 1. I don't have a service where anyone would call me if i was being hacked. Is this a new scam or and old one that just came my way?
Get your information by telling you to go to a specific site and input specific information in order to "help" you.
Or get you to install a "support tool" which is in fact a backdoor that will monitor your activity and steal credentials or other nefarious activity
The other thing they do is get you to enable remote access/control of your computer & then let them take it over, with all the negative implications that has (though every time I've got that call they've claimed to be Microsoft).
I was just curious because if my computer was being hacked why would anyone call. It felt super shady and kinda lacking in common sense but from the short conversation i thought it might be one of those scams where they record what you answer and then use that to make like phone calls for credit cards or something like that. From what I remember they wanted me to go on my windows tab and then press like control R i just hung up when i heard children in the background.
Well thanks everyone for the information i was just wondering what the scam was and confused as how they would implement it.
Honestly some days I wish I had the knowledge and equipment to counter hack these fools. LoL not only could you fudge any information they are able to steal(or use it yourself) you could steal their ill gotten gains.
Well, there is the possibility that you were indeed hacked, either one of your computers, smartphones or whatever other devices you use or just one or more of your online accounts. There's quite a few websites that request the input of a phone number and if one of those accounts was hacked, they would obviously have your info. So long as you have a bit of know-how it's not that difficult to get some information or to hack some accounts, especially considering how careless a lot of people are on the internet. Now, I still haven't come across this type of scam, my country is kinda small and the phone number format is kinda unique to my country so it's not really often that a mobile scam of any type pops up for me, but I can see how that could be a problem in other places. Either way, in this kind of situation you would probably want to get some information from the caller. If possible try to lead them into telling you what exactly they hacked or whatever they want. In case they ask you to access some website or to download something, DON'T do it!
My fav is to reply that I was unaware of this situation, and I need to talk to my boss... Deputy director of FBI cyber crime division. They hang up, very, very quickly.
In My Experience, when they realize you're not being fooled they get angry and try to browbeat you in to doing what you're told... (i.e. tell them "Well I don't see how that helps, all my computers run Linux" "Stop f___ing lying you POS!!!" [yes, that's actually how one call went, admittedly I was lying, but his response wasn't exactly "in character"]).
Thats when you pretend to work for the FBI cybercrime division... But I have to try the Linux one... Or tell the truth...all my computers use Windows 7...so they’re immune to current malware. I hate Windows 10.