The misfortune to call Louis Patsalidis had a foreign scammer who aimed to access Louis Patsalidis' computer in order to steal his personal and banking data.
The Cypriot comedian reversed the fraud with a prank on the foreigner who was making the call.
Watch the video he posted on social media:
The police are paying special attention to the public, regarding a new form of fraud through malicious telephone calls, which aim at accessing citizens' computers and their personal and banking data.
Recently, the Cybercrime Sub-Directorate has been receiving several new allegations of telephone fraud, with cybercriminals claiming to be Microsoft operatives from abroad and directing users to actions that could lead to the theft of data or banking data. The action of the suspects is as follows:
They make phone calls to subscribers in Cyprus and are presented as engineers of the Microsoft Support Center. They offer to help solve computer problems for removing supposedly malicious software (virus) or even to install special software for alleged data protection.
To this end, (a) they request Remote Access to the computer so that they own the computer with all possible consequences, such as access to electronic data, bank accounts, passwords and other data; or (b) request bank card numbers or other data ostensibly for verification.
The public is called upon to be very careful, not to answer these calls and the citizens not to give their details to various experts.
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