A company called Support On Click is randomly calling phone numbers pretending to know you have problems on your computer, and offering to fix them. This is pretty crazy, read on!
A customer contacted us today with information that a call came to her house from a Tech Support agency. They had foreign accents and said they saw the error messages on her computer, and we ready to help her fix the problems.
Here is the catch, she was having problems, and getting error messages too!
Thankfully this customer was really sharp and leery of this whole thing. She started asking questions, and the answers did not stack up, and they were hard to understand, possibly Indian or Middle Eastern.
They said they were from New York and a company called Support on Click, and gave her a website. They wanted her to let them into her computer with remote access so they could fix her problem.
Thankfully she called us because this sounded like a scam. I did a little investigating and here is what I found:
I did a search in Google on the phone number and there are many people who have gotten unsolicited calls for support from these people. They all said about the same thing, it seemed very much like a scam and all mentioned foreign accents. When you start to type in Google - Support on click scam, it shows over 3 million people have searched for this term. Interesting, isn't it?
I checked out the domain on the website to see who owned it, guess where it came back to? West Bengal, India. The website only has phone numbers and is very sparse on any info about the company.
Apparently a relative of hers also got a call, and he does not own a computer. So they are out there, calling randomly, probably using auto dialers. They are trying to trick people into letting them into their computer. Once in your computer, they can do just about anything they want and it is too late.
Don't fall for this. If you have any questions on the validity of a call like this, feel free to contact us. Just avoid these kinds of solicitations as they are just trying to rip you off and who knows what.
Make sure you know who is working on your computer, and that you can trust them!
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