{"id":11686,"date":"2013-01-29T14:35:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T20:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=11686"},"modified":"2013-01-29T15:27:04","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T21:27:04","slug":"phone-scammers-working-jamestown-phony-virus-removal-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=11686","title":{"rendered":"Phone Scammers Working Jamestown &#8211; Phony Virus Removal Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/phishing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11699\" title=\"phishing\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/phishing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a>At least two Jamestown residents were contacted on the phone Tuesday Jan 29, 2013 by an individual with a foreign accent, asking for them by first name, stating their computer had been reported as having virus problems.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They were instructed to type in an address,\u00a0 which brought up a screen saying several thousand viruses existed on the computer.\u00a0\u00a0 At that point the scammer had taken control of the computer.<\/p>\n<p>The scammer then went on to offer to remove the viruses,\u00a0 and a screen appeared for them to\u00a0type in credit card information.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is a known <strong>Phishing Scam<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Internet users are urged to never go to an address based on an unknown\u00a0&#8220;voice&#8221;,\u00a0 never give credit card numbers to unknown individuals who call you.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you received such a call and gave out credit card information,\u00a0 turn off your computer and contact the local Police.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you received such a call and went to their website giving them remote control of your computer,\u00a0 turn off your computer and contact a local computer technician for advice as to steps to check and remove any viruses placed on your computer by the scammer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It appears the scammers concentrate calls in a particular city or area code for a short time before the word gets out to the media.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 By using public directories,\u00a0 scammers get names and phone numbers,\u00a0 to make it sound like they know the person they are calling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Be safe,\u00a0 do not give credit card information to strangers.\u00a0 Do not allow access to your computer to an unknown\u00a0&#8220;voice&#8221; on the phone.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Report the scam if you believe you have given out passwords, credit card, or bank information in error.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least two Jamestown residents were contacted on the phone Tuesday Jan 29, 2013 by an individual with a foreign accent, asking for them by first name, stating their computer had been reported as having virus problems.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They were instructed to type in an address,\u00a0 which brought up a screen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,14,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-jamestown","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11686"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11693,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11686\/revisions\/11693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}