
I know times are hard. People are still struggling. Economy doesn’t show any signs of actually improving. Some people actually try to make the most of their situation. Finding a job, two jobs, part-time, temporary work. Then there are those who turn and rely on the Government. Collection unemployment, welfare work programs, etc. Then there are those who choose to make a living off scamming others.
Although, scammers have been around for a long time, it’s generally not right to take advantage of unsuspecting people. Not that I was the one who was taking in by these frauds, sometimes there are people who genuinely and truly need or want their services and can’t help but to be taken in by these scammers. Although, most of the time scams then to target a specific demographic of people but this particular scam can target mostly everyone. As long as you have a PC, you’ll pretty much be a target.
Who Are These Scammers?
Comantra is an Indian firm which specializes in remote computer support. Naturally, on the surface is a perfectly legit business. The problem is that they’ve been scamming people for years. They’ve even had their Gold Partnership Status Revoked by Microsoft last year. Even after being dropped by a prominent company they still continue to scam people from all over the world.
How Are These Scams Done?
How this general scam works is based on a process of random selection called ‘Cold Calling.’ Generally some up and coming small business owners will use this method of generating leads for potential clients, consumers and business partners but generally frauds use this tactic as well. These scammers will call people at random with very important information about your PC and how it has been compromised. The operator explains that the PC is infected with malicious files. Taken in by the scam you accept their assistance.
They will also ask you to install a piece of software which makes the diagnosis process easier, but what they are really trying to do is gain access to your computer to do god knows what. By using a perfectly legit product called Ammyy Admin they will be able to gain access to your computer remotely. As far I know Ammyy is not apart of this scam. They will instruct you to do a few things, explain a bunch of tech mumbo jumbo which doesn’t really means what they says it means. And finally send you to one of their faux websites well you will be able to download some software to rid your machine of these malicious files, but for a fee of course.
Here is a video about how someone decided to fool these people and exposed them on the internet.
My Thoughts: Generally the goal is to fool people who aren’t tech-savvy into buying a service/product that they don’t need. Admittedly, I’m not tech-savvy at all and I use a computer all the time. These people come off as very professional and in the end it is all a ruse. To add to their arrogance, they even tried to scam me into buying their most expensive program. Normally I wouldn’t even bother with a blog about this but this is a serious matter to me and these people have tried to scam me at least twice. The first time I hung up the phone on these people. The second I confronted them about this issue and they never called me again.
In short, beware of these people and all scammers in general. Do your research before making any sort of decisions involving the money that you’ve worked hard for. Ask them difficult questions and don’t stop until you get an appropriate answer. Just don’t settle for the answers that you want to hear. People like these rely on the ignorance of the masses to get what they want.
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