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My Father got scammed by this ( he is paranoid about viruses but will not change to linux) They took Â50 quid off him the first time, then his Pc was compromised and it took me quite some time to repair the damage and his confidence. They get you to download a vnc app from their web site and give them Admin access He had to change all his Bank details and saved passwords for login as after telling his Bank about his, ( and asking for the Money back), which he got. On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 16:11 +0000, Eion MacDonald wrote: > On 18/02/2011 15:04, Roland Tarver wrote: > > I am actually now glad I posted this. I was completely un-aware of > > this type of scam. > > > I believe the rewards are quite considerable in cash terms to the > scammers as it is a 'more successful' scam (>0.02% success), apart from > any incidental bank data etc. > > Alert you local police to put it out on their homewatch items as the > telephone numbers are worked as blocks, so your district will be > routinely worked. > -- > Regards > Eion MacDonald > -- Kevin Lucas <kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Minions Shop -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq