I was called (3X) by a man whose name (he gave) as John Clinton, informing me that I was having trouble with my computer - a microsoft issue and that he was from the Microsoft company ("Microsoft Windows on line support to windows computers"). After convincing me that he could cure my ills (my HP was slow and I had experienced difficulty signig on to the web -- after being helped by BellAliant in Canada) -- and he was only trying to keep Microsoft's image as high as possible, thus the unsolicited call. He further convinced me to allow him to access my computer remotely - via the site "logmein-rescue". He reviewed all of my files with me watching the screen - everything went by so quickly that I could hardly read any single entry as they all flew by. After 1/2 hour of manipulating my computer I became suspicisou as his approach seemed to veer toward the "you need to have your computer running well and it will certainly crash if you don't erase the corrupt files (of which he had shown me several thousand). I eventually shut down my computer, unplugged the hard wire connection to my modem and started worrying about what might possibly hapen.
I have received two calls like this. In each case the caller claimed to be from windows on line support. In each case he wanted me to log on to the computer which I refused to do
In the first instance it was claimed that I had sent error messages to microsoft....but that was impossible as my modem had not worked for the three preceding months
Yesterday the same claim was made; again impossible as I had not logged on to the coputer for a week.
Like you I am suspicioius of this but was told that I could vreify his identity on the microsoft on line support website.
I woiuld be interested to know if others are getting these calls.
I got a call from this number 206 203 2912 and was told about an error that had been sent to Microsoft and that he could help me fix it. When he told me to press the windows key and "r" I google that and found out it was a scam. He said his name was Peter Anderson and he was calling from New York. There were lots of voices in the background. He had a thick accent that sounded European.