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There are several “fake” sites listed (in search engines) for “123” – please make sure you are using the actual “HP” site.

You will be able to connect the printer to a network and print across devices. Get started with your new printer by downloading the software. Welcome to the HP® Official website to setup your printer. The "fake" sites always add something to the website name, maybe an extra word, maybe a domain type difference.ġ23.hp.com - Printer setup from the HP® Official site The "123" website scam is well known - there are several of these sites that have cropped up. What should I do? Is there a way of knowing? Can HP help, am sorry this happened to you.

#Hp drivers download website scam mac#

I am concerned that somehow personal data on my Mac computer has been compromised. After (seemingly) disconnecting with him, I then Googled "HP printer setup" (or something like that) and got to the legitamite HP site and completed the printer setup without any issues. At this point I grew suspicious and Googled "HP printer scam" only to see others have experienced the same. After several minutes of back and forth, he informed me that I needed to pay $199 to fix the "problem". He then took contol of my computer to tell me there was some kind of networking problem. I (stupidly) followed his instructions, including downloading what a file of some kind - can't remember the file name, 'cause I later trashed it. A seemingly authentic homepage appeared, and then a chat box popped up from "Kevin", identified as some kind of technical assistant.

#Hp drivers download website scam install#

As instructed, I entered "123.hp.com" to install the driver.