Indian Call Centre and Computer Scam OPERATING WORLD WIDE

@Etokapa: Well ammyy doesn't have the limitations teamviewer has, ammyy is more user-friendly and your password stays the same.

[quote=Zulucker]Ammyy is a completely legit program (its basically like teamviewer, but IMO its better)[/quote] As a Teamviewer user myself, I was wondering why you like Ammyy more. Never used it before, though I have it in case Teamviewer somehow fails. What does it do better/worse/different?

[quote=iMissURhugs]@touch because they said theyre from microsoft... sorry i forgot to add that
[/quote]
It would have been ironic if you had a mac os or linux

I would have believed it if the alert was from me web browsing (but even then I would be suspicious because it's happened before). If some dude called me up while I was online, I would be concerned that someone's watching me.

@Riseria dont believe me then and do as you please

@BobR: "Hello, my name is Jesus and i came back from the dead to help fix your computer, to start i will require you to download this R.A.T"

[quote=Zulucker]@BobR I'm well aware of the ammyy scam, i also know exactly what ammyy is (i use it myself) It's just annoying how narrow-minded the TS is being right now [/quote]Oh.. well, yeah.

It's just that it's the kind of thing that's likely to work on people who are already scared of "keyloggers" stealing their Maple accounts.
God help us if these scammers ever hit on that as a tactic.. "Hello, this is Bill Gates, I've personally determined there's a KEYLOGGER on your computer and you're gonna get hacked unless you let me "help you" carefully remove it. Trust me."

I don't trust that link ...

@BobR I'm well aware of the ammyy scam, i also know exactly what ammyy is (i use it myself) It's just annoying how narrow-minded the TS is being right now

[quote=Zulucker]What do you mean they take over? take over what?[/quote]
That part isn't clear in the reports of the scam.
Some seem to indicate they scare the victim into giving them credit card info for their services in "helping you eliminate all the viruses on your computer",
some seem to indicate they surf your files for personal info.

They hit up thousands of people and a lot of them have so little computer experience they'll just sit and watch as someone from India opens all their e-mails "looking for viruses" and getting all their info. That's the whole point of scamming (and scaring) computer illiterate people. They say they're from Microsoft so they're obviously trustworthy, and they look like they know what they're doing (clicking things, opening windows, all that computer techy stuff). They must be legit.

This page from the legit ammyy site discusses the malicious use of their software: http://www.ammyy.com/en/admin_mu.html

@SolidJet do as you please

@snowboy8 if i hadnt post it here, not a lot of people will know

[quote=iMissURhugs]@BobR im not going to argue anymore, anyway..... thank you for agreeing with me

@SolidJet the news said they take over ... -sigh- all to that side[/quote]

What do you mean they take over? take over what? You can end the connection of ammyy whenever you want, and the only way to connect to your computer with ammyy is give them your coded password and then say yes when they want to connect to you.

We actually had the exact same folks call our home day before yesterday. They seem to have an Indian accent, and, in broken English, tried to convince us my family that "the computer" as they put it in our house (there are 4 -_-) wasn't using a valid Windows key and was infected with a virus. I believe it showed up on one of our cells as a . But yes, it's definitely a scam, and they do pretend they're from Microsoft. They seem to be very active recently.

@xxguntankzxx they said they were from microsoft but i didnt do what they said for the idk how many times

and also why would you answer a random call >.<

@snowboy8 i already know from the beginning its not but if i hadnt told this, all of you will be screwed but some people are on the other side

@OhNoItsAmyy i didnt go to their site cause i saw warnings

i believe you

Wow so they call you and then if you say sorry they hack your computer and call again. I think a possible solution would be turn off your wifi and wait a hour or 2 lmao. Shoot i never buy anti virus stuff anyways when there's free ones you can get.

-sigh- +_______________+ do as you want

@BobR im not going to argue anymore, anyway..... thank you for agreeing with me

@SolidJet the news said they take over ... -sigh- all to that side

@iMissURhugs

Ammyy is a completely legit program (its basically like teamviewer, but IMO its better) what ammyy does is that it connects you to another computer through the internet (and basically lets you control the computer) it has many education purposes and can be used to help, but at the same time it can be used as a weapon.

What these guys do is they make you download ammyy, and make you tell them your ammyy password (its different for everyone) and then control your computer and do whatever, however with the latest update to ammyy it allows you to end the connection whenever you want. and even control your mouse, even if they're controlling it.

[quote=iMissURhugs]@BobR -sigh- if you dont wanna believe me then fine[/quote]
I'm agreeing with you.

The people who called you are scammers. The site they told you to go to is legit.
They wanted to use the legit program to take over your PC.

It's good that you're warning people to be aware of this scam, and not to fall for it.
Thank you for thinking about everyone else that might be scammed by these slimeballs. Seriously.

@BobR -sigh- if you dont wanna believe me then fine

never trust anyone with your PC, I gave the GeekSquad my comp, and when i got it back some of my private pic/vid were MIA! Can you believe that? I worked hard for those...

[quote=iMissURhugs]@Myawsomeacc thats what im doing now, to tell you guys to not trust them and do not go to that site.. like i said on my thread, i didnt go to their site because i saw warnings[/quote]

OK, I just followed through on some of the reports on Google about this scam.

The URL you posted is NOT a keylogger or scam site... it's a legit Remote Access program used by LEGIT tech people to help with computer problems.

The SCAM is the people calling up and saying they're from Microsoft. They tell you to go to that site and download the remote access software so THEY can then take control of your computer and do evil things with it. (The reports weren't all that specific about what they wanted with your computer, but it likely involves poking though your files looking for credit card numbers, passwords and god knows what else.)

So yeah the link is OK... it's just the scammers on the phone that you need to be aware of and hang up if anyone calls like that making claims about being from Microsoft.

[quote=RandomDudeGuy]Their plan:
(000)000-0000
Then they slowly progress upwards.[/quote]

OMG That made me spit out my water. Seriously, my keyboards bugged now.

OT: Why would you even consider trusting a site that the name looks like someone smashed their fist on a keyboard.

@foodgasm that and ammyy are the same thing... they want to get access to your pc

@Myawsomeacc thats what im doing now, to tell you guys to not trust them and do not go to that site.. like i said on my thread, i didnt go to their site because i saw warnings

[quote=iMissURhugs]@BobR thats not a url though.... and if i didnt tell you guys, you will be screwed [/quote]

That's exactly what he meant though. SOMEONE is going to go to the website out of curiosity, URL/Hyperlink or not.
You could've made the thread warning about phone scams, and to tell everyone to be on their guard.

@Russyy

there was no number when they called me.... all i saw is ''out of area''

[quote=iMissURhugs]THIS IS NO JOKE!

today i got a call from a random indian person and he said he detected viruses from my computer. He then said ''ill hand you in to my technician''. The ''technician'' told me to go on google then type ammyy.com. I type it and the FIRST thing i saw was this website ammyy.com and the second and the rest of it was just links saying ITS A SCAM. So, i clicked it instead of the website. I saw this people saying its a scam and i went to youtube to see if people are making videos about it. When i got to youtube theres this videos about it.

from all the vids i watched they said that ammyy.com does :

1.theyll tell you to download their site
2.they will hack your computer and take over and delete your files
3. they will go to your bank accounts

SO PLEASE DO NOT TRUST THEM AND I THINK A BRITISH NEWS SAID ABOUT IT.... THE BRITISH NEWS IS BELOW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1juMnpSv82c&feature=related

PS.

guys, im not joking.. they did call me

good thing i saw the scam thing first or else im screwed.

also, if you dont believe me just SEARCH about it
EDIT: i forgot to add that the person said theyre from microsoft[/quote]

I got a call from 0114037792121 is that who called you? apparently 011 is from india o_O

@BobR thats not a url though.... and if i didnt tell you guys, you will be screwed

I got added by someone named amyy132 or somethin like that yesterday, but I was on multiple characters earlier but the invite came to my db..basil related?

[quote=iMissURhugs]@BobR i didnt post their site i only posted the url of the british news [/quote]
What is that "dot com" in your thread title..? And in the post..?

like i said they said theyre from ''Microsoft'' and when you talked to them they sounded so LEGIT

and i didnt even download the site because again, i saw the links from a lot of people saying its a scam

@MagiBombchu

idk they just call your home phone

[quote=asdfgh3]why would you trust some random call in the first place?[/quote]
Yeah...whoever has fallen for this deserves to be hacked because that's the dumbest scam I've ever heard of.

@Lan200x idk lol but good thing they did told me because i saw warning about them but i dont think they know about it

Why did they tell you to google it instead of going directly to the site?

@KillerCombo like i said they said their from ''Microsoft''

@BobR i didnt post their site i only posted the url of the british news

Posting warnings about scam sites is a good thing to do, but DON'T post their URLs.
Someone will ALWAYS go there out of curiosity and end up getting scammed or hacked or whatever.
Just warn about not believing any phone calls you get from places saying they "detected viruses on your computer" without giving their URL.

[quote=Kythro]well why the hell not[/quote]

so you accept every call?
#foreveralone

@touch because they said theyre from microsoft... sorry i forgot to add that

@BlackMan SERIOUSLY?>? IM NOT JOKING >.< >.< >.<

[quote=asdfgh3]why would you trust some random call in the first place?[/quote]

well why the hell not