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Bad Apple: Thomaston Woman Wires $4,000 To Phone Scammer Posing As Tech Support Bad Apple: Thomaston Woman Wires $4,000 To Phone Scammer Posing As Tech Support
Bad Apple: Thomaston Woman Wires $4,000 To Phone Scammer Posing As Tech Support A Long Island woman who needed technical support was instead scammed out of thousands, police said. Nassau County Police reported the incident, which happened on Thursday, April 6 when a Thomaston woman’s computer appeared to have contracted a virus at around 4:15 p.m. The woman allegedly Googled “Apple Support” and called a number that the search provided. She then spoke to an unknown man, police said, who identified himself as “Apple Support” and instructed her to download an app called AnyDesk. AnyDesk allows a user to access another’s device remotely. Then, the scammer allegedly …

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by Sophie Grieser