[geeks] Scam ware on MacOS and Linux

[Lionel Peterson]

You were not 'targeted' for your platform preference, you were simply chosen
randomly and the scammer had no idea what your platform was.

Why do you feel you were 'targeted'?

You assume you were targeted for being on a Mac, yet the person that targeted
you clearly had no idea how to get you to do their evil bidding on a
non-Windows device...

Lionel

> On Jul 1, 2016, at 2:38 PM, hike <mh1272 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yesterday, a heavily-accented person called explaining that my computer was
> spewing error messages to their servers.  Assuming that this was a
> Microsoft Support Call scam, I went along with it.  The person/scammer was
> confusing when I told her that my keyboard didnbt have Windows symbol on
my
> keyboard.  (I was using a Mac at the time.)
>
> The person was also confused that I was running the Firefox browser.  She
> knew about IE, Safari and Chrome but was flummoxed with Firefox.
>
> The person insisted that I downloaded an app from www.supremo.com (?).  I
> did and, of course, when I dutifully double-clicked on the installer, the
> program wouldnbt run and gave an bWindows exe fileb error and, of
> course,
> wouldnbt run.  The person was greatly confused.  She asked what kind of
> computer I used and I said bLinuxb.  She really was confused, put me on
> hold and came back and asked me to download an app at www.teamviewer.com.
>
> (The Teamviewer seems to be a legitimate product for business conferencing,
> support, etc.  From a Windows friend who succumbed to the Microsoft Support
> scam, I know that they will use legitimate software in their scam.)
>
> This was the first time that I heard of this scam targeting Mac and Linux
> computers.  I was surprised.  Did I miss that in the news?  (Slashdot,
> MacRumors, MacInsider).  Does this need to be reported?  If so, where?
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