Victim Location 29671
Total money lost $217.94
Type of a scam Tech Support
MY MOTHER HAS PARKINSONS AND PLAYS HER COMPUTER GAMES TO EASE HER PAIN AND PASS HER TIME. I HAD TO STEP OUT BRIEFLY ON THE JUNE 20TH TO RUN ERRANDS AND WHILE GONE THESE PEOPLE LOCKED UP THE COMPUTER. SHE SAID THE SCREEN WENT BLANK AND A NUMBER 1-800-527-7310 CAME UP TO CALL FOR TECH SUPPORT. SHE BEING SCARED BECAUSE OF THE LOUD NOISE IT MADE AND YES ITS DONE IT TO ME AND I UNPLUGGED THE THING. IT MAKES A VERY LOUD NOISE. SHE CALLED THE NUMBER. SHE THEN WAS TOLD BY THEM THAT SHE WAS BEING HACKED BY RUSSIA AND THAT THEY COULD REMOVE THE PROBLEM FOR 105 DOLLARS AND THAT SHE DIDNT HAVE TO WORRY THEY WOULD SECURE IT FOR A YEAR. THIS WOMAN GAVE IN AND WAS SO SCARED WHEN SHE CALLED AND TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I GOT HOME SHE WAS SHAKEN AND ALL SHE CAN SAY IS SHE IS STUPID. THEY HAD THE NERVE TO CALL TWICE THE NEXT DAY BUT FROM NUMBERS LIKE 1018 AND 1024. NOW IM BEING TOLD I NEED TO CHANGE EVERYTHING. OH AND THEY ARE USING A FALSE WEBSITE AS WELL THEY GAVE ME THE WEBSITE (ITECHMAGNET.COM) WHICH IS A DOMAIN UP FOR SALE. IMAGINE THAT. WHEN I CONTACTED THE BANK AND STOPPED THE FUNDS I GUESS THATS WHY I GOT THE CALLS THEIR BEING INVESTIGATED. SAYING THEY CHARGING ONE THING AND THEN CHARGING WHAT THEY WANT TILL THEY WIPE YOU CLEAN IS A SHAME. CALLING FROM A FOUR DIGIT NUMBER TO TRY AND JUSTIFY A WRONG A THEN LIE AGAIN AND AGAIN DOUBLY WRONG.