My cousin and my neighbor got hit by this scam.
A person cold calls you to tell you that there is something wrong with your computer. They tell you to type something in and they tell you yeah that's the information they're seeing at their end.
Not to worry though, for a modest fee they will fix the problem for you and ask for your credit card info.
More information here and here. The second link mentions logmein which I recall was on my neighbors computer. I uninstalled it the last time I was there just to be safe. But she told me they called again. I told her to hang up.
Googled logmein scam and came up with these links
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/257822,how-the-microsoftlogmein-support-scam-works.aspx
http://community.logmein.com/t5/Rescue/SCAM-artists-using-LogMeIn-for-nefarious-ends/td-p/65824
http://antivirus.about.com/od/emailscams/a/Your-Pc-Is-Infected-Phone-Scam.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuCFlR-YNdc
[12/26/12] The Click Chick writes about the scam.
[7/15/15] Bob Jones writes about the scammers (Midweek article to be archived later?)
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