{"id":194,"date":"2019-01-26T02:54:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T09:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macsrwe.com\/blog\/?p=194"},"modified":"2019-01-26T02:55:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T09:55:01","slug":"scammers-up-their-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.macsrwe.com\/blog\/scammers-up-their-game\/","title":{"rendered":"SCAMMERS UP THEIR GAME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’ve previously posted entries about telephone computer-support scammers (here<\/a>, and here<\/a>). That information is still relevant, and if you haven’t yet read these articles, you should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, these criminals have added a new weapon to their arsenal: Caller ID spoofing<\/a>. In brief, the scammers use widely-available telemarketing hardware to make your phone’s caller ID feature report that their call is originating from Apple’s headquarters, when in fact it isn’t. Here is a MacRumors article<\/a> about the new scam twist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It bears repeating: Apple and Microsoft will not call you out of the blue to report that “you have a virus” or that “your computer needs repair.”<\/em> Hang up on these callers, don’t even listen to their pitch. And, for heaven’s sake, don’t let them log into your computer remotely, and become a victim of ransomware or identity theft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone who initiates a call to you and then tries to charge you for emergency computer service is looking to bilk you\u2014do not let them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve previously posted entries about telephone computer-support scammers (here, and here). That information is still relevant, and if you haven’t yet read these articles, you should. Recently, these criminals have added a new weapon to their arsenal: Caller ID spoofing. In brief, the scammers use widely-available telemarketing hardware to make your phone’s caller ID feature … Continue reading SCAMMERS UP THEIR GAME<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19,22],"tags":[20,21],"class_list":["post-194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","category-service","tag-malware","tag-scam"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macsrwe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macsrwe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macsrwe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macsrwe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macsrwe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.macsrwe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196,"href":"https:\/\/www.macsrwe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions\/196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macsrwe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macsrwe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macsrwe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}