And a few of the locals round here (Northamptonshire, UK)

First I heard of it was when one of my elderly customers rang me in a panic=
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to say they had called.

I put a bulletin out on our local internet cafe and had quite a few replies=
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of other locals who had been targeted by the same people.

Dom

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From: "bill.finkle" <bill.finkle@ntlworld.com>
To: "'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'" <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 12:51 PM
Subject: RE: [OT]:: Warning - logmein123 Scam


>
>
> Hi All
> Five + of my friends/customers have received this call , clued up
> enough to the them where to go.:)).
>
>   Bill finkle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf=
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> Michael Watterson
> Sent: 04 October 2010 12:29
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [OT]:: Warning - logmein123 Scam
>
>  On 04/10/2010 12:15, RussellMc wrote:
>> Warning: Computer scam implemented by telephone conversation. Don't be
>> fooled.
>> I'm in New Zealand, but the following scam is currently also active in
>> Australia and appears to be international.
>> DO NOT ACCESS               L0GMEIN123.C0M<-- o's changed to 0's to
>> make it safer
>> DO NOT BELIEVE ANYONE WHO RINGS YOU UP OFFERING COMPUTER SUPPORT, JUST
>> FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS ...
>>
>> Note that this is NOT the same as logmein.com
> Here in Ireland and UK they are operating this phone  Scam using the real
> logmein remote service, as a method to install trojans on your PC.
>
>
> My Advice?
> Never accept ANY cold called snail mail, email (=3DSpam), website(=3Drand=
om
> advert, go and research the company/product, not click), front door or
> phone offer. If you want something go and look for it.
> Never respond to "random cold calling salespeople" even real ones as
> they are under too much commission pressure and inevitably shade the
> truth or even lie to get a sale, even when it's not a scam.
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