Online Threat Alerts (OTA)
An anti-cybercrime community alerting the public.

ShareMyPC Technical Support Telephone Scam Calls

If you receive phone calls from persons asking you to use ShareMyPC, by claiming that they are technical support representatives calling from Microsoft or other companies to remove a virus from your computer, or it needs some form of fixing, please terminate the call. Scammers are currently tricking persons into downloading, installing the ShareMyPC software, and giving them (the scammers) remote access to their computers via the ShareMyPC software. Microsoft and other legitimate companies will never call and ask their customers to install any of form of software.

Advertisements

This form of technical support scam is similar to the ShowMyPC scam. Please click here for more information.

Check the comment section for additional information, or share what you know or ask a question about this article, by clicking the 'View or Write Comment' button below.

Note: Some of the information in samples on this website may have been impersonated or spoofed.

Share this article with others.
Advertisements
Write / View Comments (2)
View on Online Threat Alerts (OTA)
Help Maintain Online Threat Alerts (OTA)