tbs123.com

Scam calls

9th of Mar, 2012 by shillier

I have just had a call from them. They purport to be the technical department of TechBuddha. A 'whois' indicates the domain owner has the same name as the founder of TechBuddha.
I went along with all the requests even as far as going to the website as instructed. As a precaution I did this on a Linux machine. The website shows a remote support site invitation and I was given the code to allow access.
When asked the agent said that of course this does not give access to my computer but as a provider of remote support services I know this to be wrong.
When I said that I felt that by typing in the code this would give access to my computer and I suspected that this was to download things to my computer the agent very curiously hung up!!
I had half a mind to let him have access to my linux machine just to see what he would do but I kept him talking for 10-15 minutes.
By way of preamble I was asked to look at the error log in Windows 7. As always there are some errors; services not loaded, updates failed and so on. Nothing at all serious. I was informed that these errors were caused by internet downloads and contained stuff that would cause my computer to stop working within the next week.
the domain tbs123.com is registered in the Seychelles.

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4640 days ago by Mollie_ross

Wow! these people just won't rest. Do you have a phone number? I got a call like that a few days ago from this 206-456-0661 and it was exactly the same script. Told me I got virus on my PC and download a software to let the man access my PC and fix it. Had I not read about this scam prior, I just might have bought the trick. I've been having problems with my computer and I guess I'd think he's a an angel. But I'm glad I knew better.

I hung up and reported the phone number at http://www.callercenter.com. That should be enough to raise a warning.

4640 days ago by Pinkangel16

Sarah Megan Flauta
Aka Sarah Megan Grodsky
1324 Lambert Cir.
Lafayette, CO 80026

720-232-4300 ;)

4639 days ago by Over30

I just had exactly the same call. I kept him talking to get his name and details before asking if they'd checked whether I was registered on the TPS (which I am)...He immediately hung up. Kind of confirms any doubts in my mind when they just put down the phone.