Scam drives autistic boy to suicide.

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I heard of something like this a while back, kind of hope this is that same story and not another scam related suicide. I actually got one of those scam police emails before, and as far as I can tell one wouldn't have to be autistic to fall for it or get freaked out.

Watch out for the phone call that tells you they are calling from Windows about your computer and they have been getting error reports from it. That is also a scam. I knew about this scam long before they finally called me and I just hung up. also I had just gotten my computer back and it had a whole new motherboard and hard drive so I knew there is no way it can already be infected. Also Microsoft company wouldn't call their customers out of the blue about their Windows program. Plus this scam company has an Indian accent. If anyone with an accent calls you, it's most likely a scam.

that seems like a really stupid thing to commit suicide over. how hard could it really be to get your data off that drive once some malware locked it?? it was probably something that could have been fixed just by booting from a virus scan cd. even if that wasn't possible, the guy should have had his data backed up in the first place. and even if everything on his drive was lost forever, should that really be such a great loss as to kill yourself over?? just reinstall and get on with it for chrissakes.

i guess some people are more sensitive to things

i got one of these by the phone.

he told me they have a warrent for my arrest and if i don't return the call in 20 minutes, police will come for me. i had like 5 of the exact same message in my voice mail. ironically, each was more than 20 minutes apart.

first thing i did was do google search of the number. i quickly found that many people got the exact same message i did. same name and everything.

Am I the only one who keeps thinking from the title that the autistic boy was driving and he committed suicide from it because of the scam? I imagine him being in the car and he committed suicide by crashing it or something or driving off a cliff or into something to die. Talk about literal thinking.

a few "red flags"

they are asking for money to stop you from being arrested. that screams "bribery" which could make the police get fired or even arrested themselves.

arrest warrants: i am pretty sure the police will never call or email you telling you you have an arrest warrant. they will just "show up".
why would they give any warning? that would just give the suspect time to get away (if they were guility.)


i guess what i am saying is: unless there are police physically standing at your door with an official document "arrest for your name, etc.", there is no danger. (even then you would alert a lawyer of some kind.)

Mine was supped to be some lawyer's office. Someone had filed a complaint against me. The part that kind of freaked me out for a second is it said something about Mrs. Mitchell. One of my teachers is named Mrs. Mitchell!

If I could talk better, I think it would be fun to return the call and give them a lot of fake information.

I do not believe e-mail scams in the first place. I get some much spam anyways but luckily my spam filter is good enough that it goes straight to the spam folder. But last time a scam/blackmail came with the post, I threatened a lawsuit against the sender. That was years ago.