Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
A scam artist takes over your computer and sends messages from your social media accounts; that’s what happened to a woman in Tulsa County, and deputies said it’s the first real-time scam like this they have seen. The victim said she was sitting at her computer, reading an article when the screen froze and a 1-800 number popped up on the screen telling her to call it for help. She thought it was from her Internet provider, she picked up the phone expecting help, but instead of fixing her problem they made it even worse. Online hackers usually get into an email or shopping account to steal person information, but this time a thief manipulated her computer to send out vulgar messages while she was on Facebook. She watched it all in front of her computer screen, helpless. “I was shocked, very shocked. It’s the last thing in the world I expect to see,” she said. She said the man on the other end of the line was helpful at first but then wanted her to buy firewall protection. “After he wanted to push the $199 deal on me and I said ‘Woah, back up, I’m not going to buy […]
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