[geeks] Scam ware on MacOS and Linux

[Nemo]

On 6 July 2016 at 07:27, Steve Haavik <shaavik at soc.lib.md.us> wrote:
> The first thing I always end up asking them is what the name and IP address
> of my system is. They appear to have a script and if you deviate from the
> expected response they freak out. After repeating the same thing 3 or 4
> times they usually start swearing at me.

At least they did not threaten to send out a hit squad:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/microsoft-tech-support-scammer-recorded-threatening-to-kill-b-c-man-1.2980453