The ammyy.com phone scam has been continuing for some time now and a reader here in South Africa alerted us to a recent call they received from these people attempting to get him to load their remote access software on his computer.

If you ever get a call from anyone telling you they detected something on your computer and need you to go to their web site simply tell them to F-off and put down the phone. The only tech support company you ever deal with is the one you actually know and even then be aware of them loading any remote access software without your permission, it is illegal for anyone to load remote access software without informing you and geeting your permission.

Times are tough financially and scammers are elevating their methods to catch people.

Some other reports on this scam can be found here:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-security/i-have-had-a-call-from-ammyycom-asking-me-to-do-a/ad440c45-6c64-422f-a079-ed5209b8bb07
http://www.avforums.com/forums/isps-internet/1241546-ammyy-phone-call-scam.html
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=280935