[geeks] Scam ware on MacOS and Linux

[Robert Toegel]

Clearly the word "dumbass" should be applied to the person making that
call.  I concur that this was a random call and probably the person
(people) doing the calling were "hired" by the scammers with no previous
knowledge necessary to get the job.  This almost sounds like a joke.

Bob
On Jul 1, 2016 4:26 PM, "Lionel Peterson" <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 didnb t 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 wouldnb t run and gave an b Windows exe fileb  error and, of
> > course,
> > wouldnb t run.  The person was greatly confused.  She asked what kind of
> > computer I used and I said b Linuxb .  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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