To demonstrate he was really from Microsoft, the caller gave Harman the real Microsoft phone number and address and offered to install a new security system called “Advanced System Care,” which would fix and preserve the machine, Hartman said the representative told him. And he’d get a US$400 (RM1,865) ‘thank you bonus’ when the work was done. — Unsplash
Three years ago, Bob Hartman fell for a scam that cost him US$50,000 (RM233,125).
He’s still paying for it with US$400 (RM1,865) monthly payments on an interest-only home loan that the scammers pilfered as part of the fraud.
