Security News > 2020 > May > Tech Support Scam Uses Child Porn Warning

A new email scam is making the rounds, warning recipients that someone using their Internet address has been caught viewing child pornography.

The message claims to have been sent from Microsoft Support, and says the recipient's Windows license will be suspended unless they call an "MS Support" number to reinstate the license, but the number goes to a phony tech support scam that tries to trick callers into giving fraudsters direct access to their PCs. The fraudulent message tries to seem more official by listing what are supposed to be the recipient's IP address and MAC address.

This address is not visible to others outside of the user's local network, and in any case the MAC address listed in the scam email is not even a full MAC address, which normally includes six groups of two alphanumeric characters separated by a colon.

"We have found instances of child pornography accessed from your IP address & MAC Address.IP Address: 206.19.86.255.MAC Address : A0:95:6D:C7".

What seems new about this scam is the child porn angle, which I'm sure will worry quite a few recipients.

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https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/05/tech-support-scam-uses-child-porn-warning/