The National Police alerts: You do not take this call from Microsoft, it is a scam

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The wave of scams online continues.Cybercriminals are looking for new ways to access the data and credentials of their victims. Esta vez, los estafadores están contactando con personas a través de una llamada suplantando al servicio técnico de Microsoft.

The National Police has put the population warning that it is a fraud and that we must not fall into the fraud.It is a well structured hoax.The first objective of cybercounts is to achieve telephone contact with its potential victim, since this will be the way to request and obtain access to information and device.

What is the scam?

As explained from the Internet Security Office, the victim receives a call on the mobile phone. Cuando la persona contesta, los estafadores se identifican, en inglés o español, como un servicio de soporte técnico de Microsoft e informan de que el dispositivo está en riesgo y es necesario realizar acciones urgentemente.

Cybercounts urge the victim to follow their instructions, even if the person refuses to follow their order, they are angry and become more insistent.

If the victim falls into the scam, an error will appear in the web browser, an apparent system notice or other emerging window. Junto con el texto del aviso, se facilita un número de teléfono de ayuda.

Entonces, los ciberdelincuentes instan a la persona a que instale un programa de acceso remoto para poder solucionar el problema.If this program is installed, the scammers will have a free way to access all the important data of the computer.Even the victim can see how they enter their folders, their social networks and make online purchases with their credentials without being able to avoid it, since the control of the computer will be in the hands of the criminals.