AMMYY Scam

Anonymous

Hello

I got a call from a guy with a really heavy Indian accent claiming to be working with Microsoft.

He told me that my computer had multiple problems.

He then told me to hit the Window icon on my keyboard and R (Which is to activate Run)

After that, he told me to type in "www.ammyy.com" and hit enter.

Right when he said that, I got suspicious.

I checked their website and it seemed legit.

I decided to google "AMMYY" and I saw "AMMYY scam"

I checked lots of posts having the EXACT same thing

-Indian guy

-AMMYY

-Computer problems

-Work for microsoft.

I hanged up and shut down my computer just in case. (I"m paranoid)

I turned back my computer on and the guy called me again.

He asked me why did I hanged up and I told him it was an accident.

He asked if I downloaded AMMYY yet.

I told him this "I ain't getting my computer hacked today, buddy." and hanged up again.

I ran a full computer scan with Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security.

(Which I trust since it went with my computer)

So my question.

Who are these guys?

How many people work with them?

Why aren't they sued yet?

Is my computer safe?

Thank you

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bhringer-9380 4,350 Volunteer Moderator

These fake tech support scams can now be reported to Microsoft, via the following link:

Report a Technical Support Scam

https://support2.microsoft.com/getsupport/hostpage.aspx?oaspworkflow=start_1.0.0.0&wfname=scamsurvey&ccsid=635514050206231635

"This information will assist Microsoft and law enforcement stop these scams and bring the perpetrators to justice."

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Anonymous

You're fine. They cold called you and have no access to your PC since you didn't install anything or allow them to connect to your PC.

Avoid scams that use the Microsoft name fraudulently - Microsoft does not make unsolicited

phone calls to help you fix your computer

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/fraud/phishing/Msname.aspx

Hoaxes and Scams

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/cu\_sc\_virsec\_master?ws=support#tab3

Microsoft Consumer Support Center

https://consumersecuritysupport.microsoft.com/default.aspx?altbrand=true&SD=gn&LN=en-us&st=1&wfxredirect=1&gssnb=1

Microsoft Support

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support#tab0

Microsoft - Contact Support

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/help/contact-support

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Anonymous

2015-12-30T00:37:31+00:00

This Ammyy scam is so big that the developers of the software had launched a warning in regards to malicious use: http://www.ammyy.com/en/admin\_mu.html

They should put that warning on the homepage or their website, it would help to fight these types of scams.
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Anonymous

As we all know, these guys are criminals, and quite likely funding one or another terror group run either by the Pakistani ISI or the Haqqani Network. Indian Intelligence has tracked at least one of these boiler rooms to a suburb of Bangalore, and an arrest was made of the operator, but plenty of others still exist. Since they are committed, ideological enemies, they have no respect for you, and consider you a Dhimmi, or worse. So I personally try to be as insulting as humanly possible, and I talk as loudly as I can. I use every filthy word I learned in my life, including ones I learned on an oil drilling rig. If they hang on long enough, I insult their mother, their father, and their siblings. I call them crooks, dirty stinking terrorists, and human garbage. Often,they return the favor, cursing at me, too. When they do, I consider it a victory, since I've provoked them. I'm practicing cursing in Urdo. I'm learning to say, "Teri Maa ko Chodoo, Maader chud" with conviction. It's pretty evil. I won't translate it here. The point is to make their day as unpleasant as possible. That way, they'll hate going to work every day, and might even try another line of work. In the Netherlands, people engage in the "sport" of keeping these guys on the phone as long as possible, and tying up their time all day. They take selfie videos, edit them, and submit them to a TV station that runs contests for the most outrageous of these recordings, with a prize for the winner. This pastime is known as "Scam baiting."

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