Since yesterday I have carried out checks of some providers who do now provide a service to stop the calls most of them state they have a system of gathering the numbers and blocking them along with users who can block their own numbers. The safest way is not getting these calls in the first place, this then protects the vulnerable or people on bad day being conned.īlocking these calls either using the blocking phones (which are not cheap) or now using the tools offered by some providers for free. The laugh is I do this stuff with friend’s laptops/PC for something to do and for free. I got a call from her a few minutes later and I advised her to conduct some checks with her bank, I check her laptop again and all was well. My friend trusts me and knows I would never install malicious software, she was having a bad day caught at the wrong moment it clicked that it was a thief on her phone and hung up. This thief was looking at her laptop was in the stage of convincing her of the big problems that were visible mentioned Malwarebytes + other software I had installed as very nasty virus and they needed to be removed immediately for a cost of £100+. Most often than not it is people who are in a vulnerable position and they jump into panic mode when in reality there is nothing wrong at all with the PC/laptop.Ī friend of mine had some trouble with her laptop and an email problem, I sorted this out for her and cleaned her laptop up in doing so I installed Malwarebytes + other software, although she had given remote access to her laptop fortunately had not passed any bank details. The type of thief we are dealing with is an unsolicited caller who convinces people they have a problem with their PC/Laptop/router/other items that do not spring to mind, this in order for them to gain access to the PC/laptop to obtain bank details. LogDog is not a free app “if you store private information on your Gmail, Dropbox, Facebook, Twitter or Evernote accounts, you need to be 100% sure that your privacy is protected against spyware and hacking and that your internet security is maintained”. All the security apps in the world cannot stop this type of thief people are being plagued with.
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