Comments on: The Tampa Post on “Windows Service Center” scams https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-tampa-post-on-windows-service-center-scams/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-tampa-post-on-windows-service-center-scams David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sun, 10 Feb 2019 14:26:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Steve Aubrey https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-tampa-post-on-windows-service-center-scams/#comment-37994 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 18:30:51 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7256#comment-37994 I heard a story – probably apocryphal, but I hope not – about a technical user who had been called by one of these scammers. The tension escalated, and the bad guy threatened to destroy the computer of the techie. “Go ahead and do it!” “What’s your IP address?” The techie told the evil script kiddie that it was 127.0.0.1 . . .

]]> By: Dave Farquhar https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-tampa-post-on-windows-service-center-scams/#comment-37970 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 23:11:27 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7256#comment-37970 In reply to Steve Aubrey.

I like that idea, but everyone knows your IP address is 127.0.0.1. Well, except those scammers perhaps.

“Oh, hi, thanks for calling! Do you mind just logging right in to my computer and checking it out? My IP address is 127.0.0.1.”

That long silence you hear will be them scanning their script to see what to say to that….

]]> By: Steve Aubrey https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-tampa-post-on-windows-service-center-scams/#comment-37960 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:42:04 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7256#comment-37960 I haven’t been the lucky recipient of one of these calls yet. I would be tempted to tell him to yes, please cancel my Windows license and shut down my computer. My IP address is one ninety two dot one sixty eight dot . . .

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