WARNING - Scam Alert

[mjsthe2nd]

I have been scammed, and I just want to convey a warning to everyone out there. The scammer(s) got me for $500.00, and I have no one to blame but myself. The episode began with a telephone call from the scammer who represented himself as a Senior Technician at H/P, and informed me that 80,000 accounts at H/P had been hacked. He then had me type into my computer some sort of "run" code that displayed over 7,000 warnings and error messages. Despite my telling him I had McAfee and Malwarebytes protection, he insisted that these programs were not functioning. Long story short, he had me go out and purchase $200 in I-Tunes cards, and then purchase $300 in Steam Cards. He claimed (once he had the code numbers from the cards) that he could eliminate the hackers and scammers in my computer. Needless to say, I have learned a very valuable lesson. I don't know if Steam can invalidate those Steam cards, but I'd sure like to somehow ruin this individual's "game". Just be warned. Thank you.

[InevitableToast]

why would you have to give steam card codes to someone to eliminate hackers and scammers?

[Thatbrownmonster]

Stranger calls-"Mate your windows computer got virus,go buy me 300 steam cards soo I can remove the virus and hackers,NO FAKE!"
Me-But I go a mac


seriously op how dumb can you be?

[bvguthrie]

Usually this scam has you entering your credit card info to buy an "antivirus" product, which seems a lot more likely to catch people. But I guess this post proves the scammers can still catch people even with illogical requests like iTunes and Steam cards.
Practically speaking, go ahead and contact Steam Support. They probably can't help you, but it's worth a try. Also, in the future never trust anyone who: calls you about your computer, calls you about your taxes, claims to be a Nigerian prince, claims you won a contest you never entered, or claims to be a relative of yours stranded in a foreign country without money.

[bearsboi]

you fell for this? seriously? what're you, 80?

[The Artificer]

How. could you be.
such a no.
brainer.
to think that steam cards
are a valid payment?

[InevitableToast]

Originally posted by bvguthrie:

Usually this scam has you entering your credit card info to buy an "antivirus" product, which seems a lot more likely to catch people. But I guess this post proves the scammers can still catch people even with illogical requests like iTunes and Steam cards.
Practically speaking, go ahead and contact Steam Support. They probably can't help you, but it's worth a try. Also, in the future never trust anyone who: calls you about your computer, calls you about your taxes, claims to be a Nigerian prince, claims you won a contest you never entered, or claims to be a relative of yours stranded in a foreign country without money.

nice try, my cousin is the nigerian prince

[The Artificer]

Plus that would take a while.

[Delta]

I really hope you are just craving for attention.

[dont add me]

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Originally posted by mjsthe2nd:

I have been scammed, and I just want to convey a warning to everyone out there. The scammer(s) got me for $500.00, and I have no one to blame but myself. The episode began with a telephone call from the scammer who represented himself as a Senior Technician at H/P, and informed me that 80,000 accounts at H/P had been hacked. He then had me type into my computer some sort of "run" code that displayed over 7,000 warnings and error messages. Despite my telling him I had McAfee and Malwarebytes protection, he insisted that these programs were not functioning. Long story short, he had me go out and purchase $200 in I-Tunes cards, and then purchase $300 in Steam Cards. He claimed (once he had the code numbers from the cards) that he could eliminate the hackers and scammers in my computer. Needless to say, I have learned a very valuable lesson. I don't know if Steam can invalidate those Steam cards, but I'd sure like to somehow ruin this individual's "game". Just be warned. Thank you.

If this is true, then I think you should stop playing games and go read a book and do some math problems.

Who in the blue hell listens to some random person that calls them on the telephone?

[Aptivon]

and it didn't sound supsicious that the payment needs to be in itunes and steam cards!?

[Azza ☠]

He didn't gain remote access into your PC or install any software right?

Avoid scammer tips:

- They get you to run "Event Viewer" and claim those errors/warnings are all bad. Honestly, it logs all events and some can be issues, but most can be safely ignored.

- They get you to run "hh h" (this opens HTML Help), then go use "Jump to URL" under it. This acts like an unsecured web-browser, hiding the URL path, etc. They might ask you to remote access the pc via support.me (logmein) or similar with a 6-digital access code.

- They might show you "tree" under a command prompt. This just lists out your directory listings, so appears long and confusing, it's however meaningless and harmless information.

- They might attempt to run "syskey" on your pc. This encrypts your files with a password, so they can hold your PC ransom.

[Kr.]

This is a horrible joke

[Alaskan Catfish Hike]

Originally posted by Kr.:

This is a horrible joke

I can only hope it is.

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