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Gullible brother got a call from "Apple" saying is Apple ID was messed up.
He gave them his ID AND password, AND credit card to "Fix" his account.
Then they went on to say it was because his computer got hacked and had him let them onto his PC with logmein.
They said all his anti-virus software was conflicting with each other and talked him thru turning all the protection off on his PC even though they supposedly called from Apple.

Told him he gave his Apple ID, password, credit card, and complete access to his PC to scammers.
Said he needed to call Apple to reset his Apple ID account and tell them what happened.
Then take his computer to Geek Squad (what he usually does) tell them what happened and have them remove whatever got installed, or better wipe his computer and set up everything he has with new passwords.

Told me he would probably be okay. Yikes.
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