Millions of professionals worldwide depend on AnyDesk to securely connect to work computers and help with technical issues. “Misusing our platform and other remote platforms in this way is immoral and unacceptable. It even has a warning for people using its product. “He could’ve gotten into a lot of mischief,” she added.ĪLSO READ: Action 9 helps homeowner get $3,700 from home warranty companyĪnyDesk is aware of the problem. Luckily, she didn’t fall for it, and she hung up on the person. “The app said ‘remote control.’ That just stuck with me because I thought something’s wrong,” she said.

The scammer asked her to download AnyDesk. Timpani said the person was able to access her bank account, which led to a bigger scheme that ended up costing her $23,000.Ī few weeks after that, Jamie Sparks contacted Stoogenke about a scam involving an online return.

“And I didn’t know that that was going to give him remote access to my computer, but it did.”

“And then he starts telling me to do all these steps on my computer, and one of them was to go to AnyDesk,” she said. A few weeks later, Karla Timpani was telling Stoogenke about a scam she fell for, one involving gift cards.

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