Computer Phising Scam - "I am from Windows" - Update

bySalem

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12 years ago

For those of you who read my earlier blog about the scammers calling you and saying "I am from Windows and your computer is having a problem", I am pleased to say they got the person and fined him. I wish he would have gotten some jail time but at least he had to pay back some of the money he stole. Check out BBC News - Microsoft Scam Man is Sentenced. The following is from that BBC article.

"Mohammed Khalid Jamil, 34, from Luton, hired people at an Indian call centre to falsely tell victims their computers had a serious problem.

Jamil had set up Luton-based company Smart Support Guys, which employed people based in India to cold-call Britons and claim to be working for Microsoft.

The victims, unaware of the scam, would offer remote access to the fraudsters - meaning their computers could be controlled from a different location.

Once given this access, targets' computers would be made less secure, at which point the scammers would offer, in return for a fee, to install software to fix the problem."

As well as the suspended sentence, Jamil was ordered to pay a £5,000 fine.

He must also pay £5,665 compensation and £13,929 in prosecution costs.

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