WPG-WPS-CRU-East District: 130317

EAST DISTRICT Winnipeg E-Watch is an online tool created by the Winnipeg Police Service Crime Prevention Section.  This program is designed to alert you via email of recent crime activity in your community, and to provide you with timely crime prevention tips, tools and information. View recent Residential Break and Enters in your neighbourhood. View recent Stolen Vehicles in your neighbourhood. LINKS TO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Search a Licence Plate to find out if it has been reported stolen. View current crime activity via the Winnipeg Police Service CrimeStat website. CRIME PREVENTION TIP  COMPUTER VIRUS SCAM/ADVANCE PAYMENT FEE SCAM - PUBLIC ADVISORY The Winnipeg Police Service and the Commercial Crime Unit in particular, have been receiving numerous phone calls from members of the public regarding a scam in which callers purport to be calling on behalf of Microsoft or another legitimate company.     The scam involves the caller, usually from outside of Manitoba, making the potential victim believe that their computer is infected with a virus or is sending out error messages.  The caller then offers to run a scan of the computer if the potential victim allows him/her to gain remote access to their computers.      If access is allowed, they will then pretend to run a scan and report that your computer is infected.  The caller will then try to convince you to purchase anti-virus software right away to remove the infection.  The fee may be a one-time payment or an on-going subscription.  While they are accessing the computer they can infect it with a virus and or install a key logger which will allow them to log each key stroke that the user makes thereby gaining access to usernames and passwords as well as other sensitive personal and or business information stored on the computer.   To avoid falling victim to this scam, the Winnipeg Police Service advises the following:   - Avoid the scam by hanging up on the caller. - If you receive an unsolicited phone call from someone about your computer system's security status, hang up. - NEVER give a stranger remote access to your computer. - Do not give out your personal, credit card or online account details over the phone unless you have made the call to a trusted source. - Make sure your computer is protected with anti-virus and anti-spyware software, and a good firewall - but only purchase the software from a source that you know and trust.         For further Crime Prevention information visit our website at http://www.winnipeg.ca/police/tblofcontents/crimeprevention.stm

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