{"id":5556,"date":"2011-09-05T14:39:16","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T19:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=5556"},"modified":"2012-06-07T23:44:54","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T04:44:54","slug":"your-pc-guy-warns-computer-scam-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2011\/09\/05\/your-pc-guy-warns-computer-scam-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Your PC Guy Warns &#8211; Computer Scam Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Your-PC-Guy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Your-PC-Guy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Your PC Guy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Your-PC-Guy.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Your-PC-Guy-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Submitted by:  Shawn Klekta, Your PC Guy | Back in May we reported that a computer scam was circulating around the Valley.  We have had reports that people in the Swan River Valley have once again been targetted by this computer scam. The purpose of this scam appears to be twofold:<\/p>\n<p>1.  Obtain payment from you to remove viruses that do not exist.<br \/>\n2.  Obtain personal information from you that could be used for identity theft.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some important tips to remember if you receive a call from a &#8220;computer technician&#8221; or anybody you do not know.<br \/>\n1. Never give out personal information<br \/>\n2. Never follow instructions to perform computer operations or go to websites<br \/>\n3. Never allow remote access to your computer<\/p>\n<p>The RCMP has more information on identy theft at the following links:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca\/scams-fraudes\/id-theft-vol-eng.htm\">Identity Theft &#038; Identity Fraud<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca\/scams-fraudes\/victims-guide-victimes-eng.htm\">Identity Theft and Identity Fraud Victim Assistance Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2011\/05\/10\/your-pc-guy-warns-beware-of-computer-scam\/\">here<\/a> to read our original story explaining how scammers use low tech <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_engineering_(security)\">social engineering<\/a> to trick you into giving them access to your computer and personal informaiton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by: Shawn Klekta, Your PC Guy | Back in May we reported that a computer scam was circulating around the Valley. We have had reports that people in the Swan River Valley have once again been targetted by this computer scam. The purpose of this scam appears to be twofold: 1. Obtain payment from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-5556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}