A new form of scam attack for Mac users.
Derek Wright This scam involves the caller persuading the user to go to a specific URL which often entails the downloading of some program that causes "problems". In the past this type of telephone call has proved to be quite an entertaining way of wasting a few minutes of one's life if you are using a Mac as all the instructions you are requested to follow do not give the results the scammer wants to achieve. Eventually the scammer realises that a Mac is involved and they slam the phone down (flick a switch) rather violently.
However the scammers are now catching on about Macs and they now request the user to go to a URL that will enable the caller getting control of the machine. I have seen them wanting to log on to TeamViewer or Teamviewr and then giving them the user id or asking you to enter a password or number so that they can get access to the machine. I do not know what they do from there on as I have not got a sacrificial machine to let them have their wicked way with.
Teamviewer is a legitimate product used for support and sharing screens and machines if used properly.
I now suspect that the scammers have a way of getting a ransom payment from Mac users by incapacitating a Mac computer - so be careful - your are not guaranteed immunity just because you are using a Mac.