Ray Walsh, digital privacy expert at ProPrivacy said providing remote access to your PC can result in hackers installing sophisticated malware. The fraudsters took over her laptop and a total of £6,900 was taken from her bank account and credit card. It highlighted the case of a woman from Brighton who lost almost £7,000 in July to a cold caller claiming to be from Amazon Prime security who tricked her into downloading TeamViewer.
This week the consumer group Which? warned of the dangers of computer takeover scams which cost victims more than £16m a year. While this is by no means a new fraud, scammers are thought to have taken advantage of the fact that many households have signed up to Amazon Prime since the pandemic hit.
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