Ammyy Scam

[donj140]

hi guys.....a very thick indian accented voice called me last night n said my puter was sending error messages to microsoft(he was from the techie dept),as i had a lot on i asked him to call me this morning,which he duly did.....
he went on to ask me to open the event viewer log and count out to him the number of error messages (red and triangles)....not that many i hasten to add..he asked me to open a new browser window and type www.ammyy.com in address bar and when i saw that it was for a program that remotely controls your desktop i turn to him and said.....nah dont thinks matey.....no one controls my desktop but me.....i asked him for his postcode and he came back with a Bradford one..."BD5 0BH"....which i googled and it comes in the heart of a residential area.......if it was a call centre it wouldnt be sited there...i'd like to add that i've city n guilds IT Diploma and do all my own repairs.....so i knew that there couldnt be that many errors with my system.
Bradford Police have been informed.......

[LeafsMan]

I had some guy call me not once but twice the other night to which I yelled ~ Snipped as per TOS ~ I am trying to get laid. No more call backs LOL. I also had one guy call some months ago so I played around with him. When he asked for my IP address I asked him what his is so I can check whats wrong with his computer. He said that there was nothing wrong with his. I said same here nothing wrong with mine. He started to get mad. I said hey I am a computer tech and know there is not a thing wrong with my computer but I can look at his for him to make sure everything is fine. CLICK he hung up on me. So they called back and when I answered they hung up right away. They called back another time and my wife answered the phone and said ohh you talked to my husband about this. He said give me your IP Address and he will fix your computer for you. Click they hung up LOL

[fcb]

Hello guys, I'm a new user here, so I apologize if I'm going about this all wrong. I'm from Canada, and earlier today to make a long story short, I partially fell into the AMMYY scam. The gave the guy remote access for some time, and then when he asked me to make a payment I declined and he hung up. Nonetheless, upon inspecting my computer I realized that this **insert demeaning swear word here** deleted all of the files in my documents and some other ones.

I do not have any important info on my laptop such as credit card info or anything, but I am concerned that they still have access to my computer, or any of the other devices attached to my router (if that's possible?) What exactly should be my next steps in dealing with this?

Thanks a ton!!

[murphaleen]

This forum is 1st that I've found that addresses the "Ammyy Scam" at length. It is alive and cheesy as ever! Today is Monday, January 28, 2013, and I just received 2 very unprofessional sounding phone calls at 1428 and 1434. I may be 73 yrs old [tomorrow is my actual BD], but this call sounded "scammy" from the get-go. Tip-offs: addressing me by my phone # not my name, speaking in an Indian-sounding accent, using words and phrases out of syntax, loud noises in background. Then we were suddenly disconnected.

Can you believe that she called back within a minute? She apologized for the disconnect, but I said that it was OK because it gave me time to call my neighbor to come over. She continued her spiel, but I interrupted her to say that my neighbor was interested in what she had to say. She timidly said OK. I then explained that he was a law enforcement officer and was relaying all of the information to his chief. CLICK! She was gone.
So sad that people stoop to this. She only had my phone number which is readily available. Just wonder what source they tapped to get it. And, is it mainly directed toward us "old fogies"?

[Daveski17]

Originally Posted by murphaleen

This forum is 1st that I've found that addresses the "Ammyy Scam" at length. It is alive and cheesy as ever! Today is Monday, January 28, 2013, and I just received 2 very unprofessional sounding phone calls at 1428 and 1434. I may be 73 yrs old [tomorrow is my actual BD], but this call sounded "scammy" from the get-go. Tip-offs: addressing me by my phone # not my name, speaking in an Indian-sounding accent, using words and phrases out of syntax, loud noises in background. Then we were suddenly disconnected.

Can you believe that she called back within a minute? She apologized for the disconnect, but I said that it was OK because it gave me time to call my neighbor to come over. She continued her spiel, but I interrupted her to say that my neighbor was interested in what she had to say. She timidly said OK. I then explained that he was a law enforcement officer and was relaying all of the information to his chief. CLICK! She was gone.
So sad that people stoop to this. She only had my phone number which is readily available. Just wonder what source they tapped to get it. And, is it mainly directed toward us "old fogies"?

I doubt it has anything to do with age. I have had these calls, I don't even live in the US. They are most probably scam call centres situated somewhere in Pakistan, Bangladesh or India. They pick numbers out of the phone book & work their way through the English speaking world. What annoys me particularly is that there are plenty of people who still fall for this scam. It's not their fault of course, many people are not particularly computer-savvy. I wish the governments or police forces of these countries would close these 'expletive' call centres down. Alas, they are probably as corrupt as the scammers themselves.

[Sam Hell]

Hi. I've muddled through most of the pages in this topic but have apparently missed the one crucial post on how to find ammmy on the computer and get rid of it. Not found by ad-remove or Revo Uninstall. Meanwhile...

i'm going to start another topic concerning how I ended up with this, but topic will be re ZeuS trojan. Need someone to look at that one also. Thanks.

[Daveski17]

Originally Posted by Sam Hell

Hi. I've muddled through most of the pages in this topic but have apparently missed the one crucial post on how to find ammmy on the computer and get rid of it. Not found by ad-remove or Revo Uninstall. Meanwhile...

i'm going to start another topic concerning how I ended up with this, but topic will be re ZeuS trojan. Need someone to look at that one also. Thanks.

Surely the Ammy site software can just be removed from programs & features? It's not the software itself that's malware, but it allows unscrupulous scammers from the Indian Subcontinent to have access to your computer.

[Sam Hell]

OK, maybe i was just looking for refs to Ammyy. Maybe their site has a prog name. THX

[Daveski17]

Originally Posted by Sam Hell

OK, maybe i was just looking for refs to Ammyy. Maybe their site has a prog name. THX

You're welcome.

[Keatah]

My lady got one of these calls, at work no less. She went along all the way through, installed the client and gave them access and everything. They looked through tons of the zips and logs and seemingly loaded some stuff onto the system.

She kinda knew right away it was a scam and let them have at it on a vm. A vm full of all kinds of unimportant fluff stuff. Medical texts, marine biology, astronomy..

[Trey4856]

Yeah, it's still going on. I just got a call about 10 minutes ago from some guy saying their name was "Johnathan Finger" with an Indian accent... They still say that your computer is infected or is running slow and prompt you go to go to that ammyy website. Of course I didn't do it and I asked for his contact information and where he was calling from. He said from the Microsoft site in Manchester. So I called Manchester, talked to their IT support department and let them know what was going on. If it's been going on for this long, apperently they have been pretty successfull and this needs to stop.

[TomFace]

Still going on and on and on......call came in from California 530-619-xxxx (CA, don't think so!-# was disconnected) did not answer-checked the number at 800notes - a foreigner calling claiming to be with Microsoft...etc.......I'm glad I have Caller ID just ignore them and let it ring!

[zfactor]

i kept these guys on the phone for over an hour a couple weeks ago when they called i always answer just to mess with them. sometimes i tell them they reached a porn line, sometimes a escort service etc, sometimes i ramble on in italian while they keep trying to get a word in, sometimes i start reading them a china jade menu as a answer each time they ask me a question.... its just good fun and someone i dont at all feel bad messing with.

[Daveski17]

Originally Posted by zfactor

i kept these guys on the phone for over an hour a couple weeks ago when they called i always answer just to mess with them. sometimes i tell them they reached a porn line, sometimes a escort service etc, sometimes i ramble on in italian while they keep trying to get a word in, sometimes i start reading them a china jade menu as a answer each time they ask me a question.... its just good fun and someone i dont at all feel bad messing with.

I admire your patience. It hasn't happened to me for quite a while but if they do phone me I usually politely ask the caller just how gullible they think that I am & put the phone down. If they call again right after that I might have some fun with them ...

[Noob]

Originally Posted by zfactor

i kept these guys on the phone for over an hour a couple weeks ago when they called i always answer just to mess with them. sometimes i tell them they reached a porn line, sometimes a escort service etc, sometimes i ramble on in italian while they keep trying to get a word in, sometimes i start reading them a china jade menu as a answer each time they ask me a question.... its just good fun and someone i dont at all feel bad messing with.

You should record some of thoes calls and upload them.

[TomFace]

Latest update-they have changed spoofed numbers-now shows an Illinois Call (was California) number 630-894-0625 (# subject to change of course and is disconnected).

[Tarnak]

I have never received a phone call from them. Must be lucky!