After reading the other post about a mobile phone scam hoax, I thought I would alert people to a GENUINE SCAM that is happening, and which was tried on me twice!
A person from Asian origins phones and tells you that your computer has a virus that is affecting other computer, so they need to access your computer down the line to clear it.
This is a scam to access the information on your computer, whereby the operating system is completely buggered up and you will have to get it all reinstalled. My cousin works on computers and has had customers that this has happened to which has completely messed up their computer.
So if you get one of these calls, (which I have had two of) and they are very convincing, like most con artists are, I told them to P@$$$$**%%.
There are also age old emails circulating saying there is a virus that will light an Olympic torch which will burn up your hard drive, it is a total hoax and utter crapp, delete it!
