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My PC is hacked

I just received a call from an indian microsoft technician. He informed me that my PC is sending a ton of error messages to microsoft. Most likely it has been hacked, and he would help me by remoting in and fixing the problem for me.
I just wonder... Is it my PopOs or my Manjaro PC that sends all this info to microsoft?

yamapikariya ,
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Does kitboga still have his tipline active where you can give him scammers numbers?

Gallardo994 ,

Kitboga, please relog back to your account.

abbadon420 ,

Curious question, is it "safe" to let them enter into a VM that runs windows? And is there an easy way to record their ip (to hand over to the police)

TheObviousSolution ,

It's probably better to get in contact with the people who are professionals at this if you want to help out.

nfsu2 ,
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this made me laugh so hard, there is a YT channel that mocks and pranks this scammers and its hilarious.

Schmuppes ,

There's several of them. Scammer Payback or Kitboga come to mind.

xaera ,

IRLRosie is a good one too

FleetingTit ,

Isn't she the voice actor?

Also: Jim Browning.

Jayb151 ,

One time I kept a guy on the phone for about ten minutes just playing dumb. Then he's like, sir, what version of Windows do you have?"

I say, I'm not sure but it's the one with the little penguin icon.

We actually had a good laugh about it together

akash_rawal ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/606379d7-3c1f-47ec-9cdc-850155b35ef1.jpeg

einfach_orangensaft ,

What ever u do, DO NOT REDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEM THAT GIFTCARD SIR, SIR I BEG U DO NOT REDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEM

jemikwa ,

DO NOT REDEEM

OldManBOMBIN ,

WHY ARE YOU REDEEMING

WHY ARE YOU REDEEMING

edwardbear ,

WHY ARE YOU NOT LISTENING SIR

WHY DID YOU REDEEM SIR

OldManBOMBIN ,

I hope we're all referencing the same kitboga moment

catharso ,

All that malware should be running without problems. Wine's gotten pretty good by now.

XEAL ,

But how's Siddhartha going to find the Event Viewer!?

dustyData ,

You reminded me of those YouTube vigilantes that troll Indian scammers. One installed the remote desktop app they use and let them access a honeypot linux machine just to mock their incompetence and confusion. Then proceeded to take control of their machine steal their data and wipe out their computers. Their reactions are hilarious. It's sad that a lot of very smart people are dragged into it by thugs that leverage debt and physical threats to force them into the scam call centers.

peto ,

If it's sending information to Microsoft then it has clearly been hacked. Likely by Microsoft. It was very nice of that young man to break protocol and blow the whistle on this whole thing. You should send him an itunes gift card as a thank you.

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