andrewt9763
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Just a rant.
An elderly person (81)I know was called by someone supposedly from Virgin saying she had a faulty internet connection and they needed some of her information to sort out the issue,
Without thinking and under a bombardment of questions she gave out her bank pin no they then got her to install quick support from google play store,after this they told her an engineer would be out as they couldn’t fix it online.
I arrived too late to stop them taking out her money but realised straight away that a scam had taken place straight onto bank to stop any future issues.
Im assuming quick support can spoof her number as a text with a confirmation code should be sent by text and input before a transfer can be made.
Reported to Action Fraud as well.
These people are low down scum.
Rant over.
An elderly person (81)I know was called by someone supposedly from Virgin saying she had a faulty internet connection and they needed some of her information to sort out the issue,
Without thinking and under a bombardment of questions she gave out her bank pin no they then got her to install quick support from google play store,after this they told her an engineer would be out as they couldn’t fix it online.
I arrived too late to stop them taking out her money but realised straight away that a scam had taken place straight onto bank to stop any future issues.
Im assuming quick support can spoof her number as a text with a confirmation code should be sent by text and input before a transfer can be made.
Reported to Action Fraud as well.
These people are low down scum.
Rant over.