He opened a web browser and went to the Wikipedia entry for Torpig. He told her that she had a bad virus on her computer.Nedry showed my mom some of the data and explained that it was the virus taking hold and making a mess of things. All of the above commands spit out a bunch of fancy stats and other confusing data to the uninitiated.He opened a terminal window and continued to show my mom what was wrong with her computer by typing these commands:.LogMeIn123 provides the ability for you to share your screen with someone else and then that person can do anything on your computer.Īnd this is where Nedry really got to show off his stuff. Once my mom downloaded and ran LogMeIn123, she connected with Nedry and gave Nedry control of her computer. Luckily for Nedry, this second effort kept him in the game. His supervisor suggested using LogMeIn123 instead (another legitimate website and app). This almost stumped Nedry, as he had to call on his supervisor to help up his game and keep my mom on the hook.
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This first app wouldn’t install on my mom’s super old computer.
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Nedry then instructed her to go to a website ( – a legitimate website with a legitimate app) and download an app so that they could connect to her computer. He said not to worry though as he could help find out who it was and clear it up for her. Nedry said someone else was trying to get into her account. The helpful customer service rep (let’s call him Nedry, named after the inept hacker from Jurassic Park) that answered informed her that her amazon account had been red flagged. Unwittingly, she called the number on the malicious webpage. The website had been designed to look exactly like amazon.ca and it had a blurb on the page with their phone number. The link she clicked on went to a compromised website.
The link she clicked on was a phishing page (as per wikipedia: Phishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and, indirectly, money), often for malicious reasons, by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.). Unfortunately, my mom clicked on this link, and that’s where the fun began. This included a malicious (bad) customer support website. When she pressed enter, she received a google search results page that showed a bunch of options for amazon.ca customer service. So, she opened a web browser and typed amazon.ca phone number in the default search bar. She wanted to call amazon to inquire about her order. She ordered some stuff from Amazon.ca a few weeks ago and her order was taking forever to be delivered. And, if it was worse, it would have taken me a bunch of hours more to rebuild her computer from scratch and get it reconfigured to the point where I wouldn’t have to field tech support calls from her for the next two months asking me where her missing icons or browser shortcuts have gone. But it inconvenienced her and I for a few hours this week. In this case, the person that hooked my mom didn’t do any real damage. This is the second time in a year that someone close to me has gotten burned by a scummy, sleazy, no good, prey-on-the-weakness-of-others-rather-than-get-a-real-job jackass. My mom got scammed online earlier this week.
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