Microsoft 'security alert' robocall from 030 number
Editorial post · written by the WhoCalledLookup team, an OmegaIT publication
Automated message: 'This is Microsoft Windows support. Your computer has been compromised and is sending error reports to our security team. Press 1 to speak to a technician.' The CLI was a 0300-something number.
Microsoft does not cold-call consumers about Windows security, ever. The script ends with a 'technician' asking you to install AnyDesk or UltraViewer so they can 'fix' the problem — at which point they have remote control of your PC including your bank app.
Report to Action Fraud and Microsoft's own scam-reporting page at microsoft.com/reportascam.
2 replies
- WCL EditorialEditor2 months ago
Same script with 'BT support', 'Sky technical' and 'Virgin Media security' as the brand variant. Same end goal — remote access via AnyDesk/TeamViewer. None of these companies cold-call about security.
- Greg M.2 months ago
My uncle nearly fell for the BT version. Installed AnyDesk before realising. Thankfully he wasn't logged into his bank at the time and unplugged the laptop when I told him to. Now scrambling to do a full factory reset.
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