Just thought I'd put a heads up out there. One of Chloe's therapist got scammed out of $60. Its the same old "you got spyware on you computer - we can clean it for you..." scam with a twist: She was having problems getting into her Iphone. She called the 1-800 number for Iphone. The guy on the phone asked to log in to her computer (1st clue, she was calling about her phone) and proceeded to tell her she had over 80 spyware/virus programs on her computer and he could clean it off for $60. She made the payment over the phone and he "cleaned her computer" then said he'd have the right department call her back. The Iphone folks did call her back. When she was relaying what had happened to that point, they told her to hang up, stop payment, and change her card, that it wasn't them. Gave her a direct number to call the tech back when she was done.
1. The twist here is that she placed the call..
2. He did somehow have Iphone people call her back.
So somehow the original call was intercepted. I guess placing the call yourself is not an assurance anymore. Be very careful out there folks.
Oh, and she is still locked out of her phone. She had to go to verizon for in person assistance yesterday. Said they are going to have to get all her stuff off of it and reset it, and put her stuff back on. Sure hope they got her fixed up. She was so upset when she was here on Fri. Also, her Ipad that she uses in her therapy sessions was stolen out of her car. So she was not a happy camper. It was insured and already replaced, but she has to download/install all the programs she had on it. I felt really bad for her.