SCAM Alert OPENOFICE EXTREM

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bebob
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SCAM Alert OPENOFICE EXTREM

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By accident i clicked this vendor "Download OpenOfIce Xtrem 2018 " they have a Fake Loge looking like Open Office, but i wasnt fully awake and downloaded it started the install. Then it ask me to send a SMS to a 4 digit number to be able to install and the bum they charged 10 dollars of my phone bill.
Im pretty good at spotting and very aware of these kind of hoax, but this one got me....so be aware
By the way they use a paid Google Add to theire scam.
OpenOffice 4.1.6
Mojave ios 10.14.1
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Re: SCAM Alert OPENOFICE EXTREM

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Welcome to the Forums.
Thank you for the information... hopefully others will be aware.
The only official download site for Apache Open Office is at http://www.openoffice.org/download
There may be other sites that have the official version, but we don't know.
If you haven't done so yet, I strongly urge you to do a thorough scan of your system for viruses and malware.
OpenOffice 4.1.7, LibreOffice 7.0.1.2 on Windows 7 Pro, Ultimate & Windows 10 Home (2004)
If you believe your problem has been resolved, please go to your first post in this topic, click the Edit button and add [Solved] to the beginning of the Subject line.
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