Scams

HELP!

I am using Norton internet security at the moment, I have just recieved a phone call from a company called Techisonline ,telling me that my computer had been infected, they sounded very professional and like an idiot I believed them.First they asked me to find the run box and type in eventvwr , which showed a screen with a list of items she then said can I see any red or yellow error warnings there were so I said yes, she then said return to the run box and type in prefetch the screen then showed " you do not have permission to open this programme" she then told me to type in their web address and a screen appeared saying type in your 6 digit code, it was at this stage I became suspicious , then she said that she would pass me on to her supervisor who told me that they would send me the code by email and after entering them they could fix my errors this is when I hung up ( I now know that this is a scam.)

To cut a long story short AM I NOW AT RISK ? by entering their website       Gary 123

Longstanding scam attempt if you Google on some of the phrases in the documents. Just delete delete delete ....

 

I don't know what you can do about the phone calls if your phone company won't do anything -- maybe report to the FCC?

 

Here's a link to a Federal Trade Commission pdf document on these calls and at the end some actions you can take.

 

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel05.pdf 

 

See if there are any other suggestions but I'm glad you didn't open any enclosures.