Author Topic: So I just got a totally legit phonecall  (Read 1075 times)

Quote from: phonecall
Your ip has been hacked. Please turn on your computer right now so Microsoft can assess the situation.

Totally legit

did you turn on your computer

Turn it off! You've been hacked but thankfully Microsoft can help!




Did the guy happen to have a foreign accent

plot twist: someone actually hacked into your ip


man, i hope you don't have a virus too

when i was talking to some indian guy on tech support, he told me i had melissa and CIH

I don't understand the reason. What would have happened if you had turned off the PC? Or just told him that you did at least anyway.

It's real. The FBI tracked your IP address using their GUI Interface made with Visual Basic
...

i've got your ip and i won't give it back

Did the guy happen to have a foreign accent
Yup
Did they say anything else?
Nope that's it.
I don't understand the reason. What would have happened if you had turned off the PC? Or just told him that you did at least anyway.
it was already off

disconnect your computer from the internet and then switch your computer back on and preform a anti-virus scan