krusing
Well-Known Member, Possibly for the wrong reasons
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Well here we go again with the new NBN scam.
Just received a call from a low life saying he was from the NBN and he is upgrading the optical fibre in 3193, [Postcode of my Area]
And promised to upgrade my speed to 100mbs, well it sounded a bit strange to me, because I had a lengthy conversation with Telstra a few hours prior about poor quality NBN service, and they [Telstra] said they will fix the problem and I would not need to do anything.
Well this lowlife asked me to download a program called "Anydesk", which is a remote access program, as he said he needs to access my NBN modem via my computer, this is where I smelt a RAT.
So I started asking a few more question and they had an answer for everyone of them, but not the answers I was expecting, so I figured it was just another lowlife scammer like the old Microsoft Technical Support that was circulating years ago.
They ask how many lights are on your modem, and what color are they, and is any flashing, they then know you are on NBN,
I gathered the question about flashing lights on the modem is a diversion, because if your connected to the NBN, they wouldnt be flashing.
So keep your wits about you.
NBN has NO reason to call you.
As they are just a service provider to the Telcos.
Just received a call from a low life saying he was from the NBN and he is upgrading the optical fibre in 3193, [Postcode of my Area]
And promised to upgrade my speed to 100mbs, well it sounded a bit strange to me, because I had a lengthy conversation with Telstra a few hours prior about poor quality NBN service, and they [Telstra] said they will fix the problem and I would not need to do anything.
Well this lowlife asked me to download a program called "Anydesk", which is a remote access program, as he said he needs to access my NBN modem via my computer, this is where I smelt a RAT.
So I started asking a few more question and they had an answer for everyone of them, but not the answers I was expecting, so I figured it was just another lowlife scammer like the old Microsoft Technical Support that was circulating years ago.
They ask how many lights are on your modem, and what color are they, and is any flashing, they then know you are on NBN,
I gathered the question about flashing lights on the modem is a diversion, because if your connected to the NBN, they wouldnt be flashing.
So keep your wits about you.
NBN has NO reason to call you.
As they are just a service provider to the Telcos.