On 04/10/2010 16:34, Dwayne Reid wrote:
> At 05:15 AM 10/4/2010, 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
> HI there.
>
> Its interesting that they are piggy-backing onto a recognized and
> legitimate service.  I'm speaking of<www.logmein.com>  , of course.
>
> ...
>
> I'm mentioning this because many of us out there might not recognize
> that<www.logmein.com>  is in fact legitimate.
>
> dwayne
>
yes, they trick the Mark into creating a real logmein account to the=20
Mark's PC and then they use that to install the trojan.

I know quite a few people that use logmein to remotely access their home PC=
..

(Why they use a 3rd party rather than OpenVPN  + VNC is separate issue,=20
or MS VPN + RDP)


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