Topic '[Scam] Suspicious activity' in forum 'Scam and Phishbusters' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Scam-Suspicious-activity-27822201 en Mon, 20 May 2013 01:26:55 EDT Mon, 20 May 2013 01:26:55 EDT Re: [Scam] Suspicious activity http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Scam-Suspicious-activity-27828238
Caller ID can be falsified.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Scam-Suspicious-activity-27828238 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:00:32 EDT Re: [Scam] Suspicious activity http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Scam-Suspicious-activity-27825801 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Scam-Suspicious-activity-27825801 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:59:29 EDT Re: [Scam] Suspicious activity http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Scam-Suspicious-activity-27823379
Here's my advice to people who receive such calls:

1: Find out who is calling (ask them). If it is not your ISP, hang up. Your ISP could possibly tell that you have a virus problem, if they are scanning their network. Calls from elsewhere should be considered especially dubious.

2: If they say that they are your ISP, ask for a name, then tell them that you will call the ISP customer service number and ask for that person. This is the safe way of distinguishing bogus calls from real ones.
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AT&T Uverse; Zyxel NBG334W router (behind the 2wire gateway); openSuSE 12.2; firefox 17.0]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Scam-Suspicious-activity-27823379 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:19:34 EDT [Scam] Suspicious activity http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Scam-Suspicious-activity-27822201 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Scam-Suspicious-activity-27822201 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:54:12 EDT