Australians fooled into giving remote access to scammers

guest · Aug 27, 2018

Australians fooled into giving remote access to scammers
The ACCC's Scamwatch website has received more than 8,000 reports of remote access scams so far this year.
August 27, 2018
https://www.zdnet.com/article/australians-fooled-into-giving-remote-access-to-scammers/

The scammer on the end of the phone convinces the victim they can help "trap" the fake scammer and gains access to internet banking through screen-sharing software such as TeamViewer when they oblige with the request to steal money.

"The spike in remote access scams is very concerning; losses so far in 2018 have already surpassed those for the whole of 2017, and sadly it is older Australians that are losing the most money," ACCC Deputy Chair Delia Rickard said.

"The scammers are becoming more sophisticated. The old trick scammers used to use was to call people and say there was a virus on their computer that needed fixing but, in a new twist, scammers are now telling people they need their help to catch hackers."
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