RiderFan Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 (edited) Hi.. I understand this isn't modelling related but thought I'd pass along the warning anyway. This is a very sophisticated scam. There is a small group of people in Texas calling from 940 759 4745 claiming to be the fraud department of VISA, Mastercard, or whomever. They called my girl friend this morning at 8am claiming that someone had fraudulently tried to use her account to wire transfer money to another account. They wanted her to log into her bank account to go through transactions. This is standard OP for real banks, and given that she'd just crawled out of bed to answer the phone, she didn't really think of any reason not to. The trouble is that these scammers were waiting for her to log into her account on her computer which already had some form of Backdoor Trojan installed. The police are involved now and they're aware that somehow these scamers got enough information from her computer that they were able to call her directly to confirm enough information to get her to log on. We don't really know where the Trojan came from. To her, everything seemed above board because the scammers already had what they needed except direct access to a bank account, which they got by watching the browser traffic she was unknowingly sending them. Anyway, they called at 8am, and by 11am this morning, they'd done some pretty good damage. They even got into her Facebook account had been using it to post white supremacist messages. We're working with the bank to see how much of her account we can recover from insurance and fraud security but we don't think we'll get it all. She's also closed all her other accounts and credit cards. And changed her Facebook page. So anyway, just be aware. These guys are very sophisticated and are very good at what they do. Sheryl's no dummy but even she got fooled. If you get a call from the number above, you're forewarned. Edited June 8, 2015 by RiderFan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loftycomfort Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Thanks for the heads-up. Did she have a firewall installed on her computer? Terry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skyhawk174 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Hey David thanks for the warning. I had actually heard about some phone scams but not this one exactly. What I read was similar in that they call very early in the morning when you are barely awake. Being groggy and not fully awake makes you susceptible to these sort of scams unfortunately. Anyway, what we have been doing is not answering any calls from numbers we do not recognize which we though was working pretty good until we got a call from ourselves. I shoot you not. The call display had our number!! Gee you think this is bogus? So we have even been more careful and make the answering machine answer. We have told our friends to leave a message or we don't call them back. It is getting really hard to stay one step ahead of these pieces of garbage and in my mind if they ever get caught, jail is too good for them with 3 squares a day and a place to sleep :angry: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beingthehero Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Damn. That's one of the most sophisticated (and scariest) scams I've heard of, thanks for the heads up. I hope everything works out for you and your girlfriend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nerdling Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 This is one of the main reasons I don't answer my phone if I don't recognize the number. I figure if it's important they will leave a message. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fellow Hobbyist Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I just did a search on that number. It seems the scammers in question are mostly targeting Canadians. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 What information can you provide on how your system was hacked? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RiderFan Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 We really don't have any details on how the Trojan got on the machine. Could have been any number of ways I'd imagine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 We really don't have any details on how the Trojan got on the machine. Could have been any number of ways I'd imagine. Do you know the name or some other ID of the Trojan? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MaxHeadroom Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 If you're friend is in Canada, then I believe the bank is required to refund all money that was stolen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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