[geeks] Scam ware on MacOS and Linux

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Yesterday, a heavily-accented person called explaining that my computer was
spewing error messages to their servers.  Assuming that this was a
Microsoft Support Call scam, I went along with it.  The person/scammer was
confusing when I told her that my keyboard didnbt have Windows symbol on my
keyboard.  (I was using a Mac at the time.)

The person was also confused that I was running the Firefox browser.  She
knew about IE, Safari and Chrome but was flummoxed with Firefox.

The person insisted that I downloaded an app from www.supremo.com (?).  I
did and, of course, when I dutifully double-clicked on the installer, the
program wouldnbt run and gave an bWindows exe fileb error and, of
course,
wouldnbt run.  The person was greatly confused.  She asked what kind of
computer I used and I said bLinuxb.  She really was confused, put me on
hold and came back and asked me to download an app at www.teamviewer.com.

(The Teamviewer seems to be a legitimate product for business conferencing,
support, etc.  From a Windows friend who succumbed to the Microsoft Support
scam, I know that they will use legitimate software in their scam.)

This was the first time that I heard of this scam targeting Mac and Linux
computers.  I was surprised.  Did I miss that in the news?  (Slashdot,
MacRumors, MacInsider).  Does this need to be reported?  If so, where?