Australians are being swindled out of hundreds of dollars by dodgy call centres pretending to be affiliated with Microsoft, who cold call victims and scare them into believing their computer is infected with a virus.
Microsoft Australia says the scammers, who typically operate out of India, are sophisticated enough to avoid blatantly breaking the law. Instead, they use social engineering tricks to convince victims into handing over their money, making it virtually impossible for the company to shut them down.
"I've actually had three inquiries on it just this week," said Stuart Strathdee, Microsoft Australia's chief security advisor.
"They've [previously] targeted both our big telcos here in Australia and a bunch of other Australian household name companies."
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