Same as others, sometimes I mess with them and keep them busy as long as possible and others I just tell them I do not even have a computer, they are simply scam fools.
they called my house this morning.. this is like the million time they call.. At 750 in the morning i didnt think to check caller id.. i told them to stop callin and they told me to go [***] myself and hope i get tons of viruses.. i am sorry but if this was legit microsoft wouldnt say that to thier customers.. he also didnt have any info on what windows version i had.. it was funny in a way but its annoying too,,. wish it would stop
We just received a similar call at 1058 am today. Dialect was difficult to understand. He also stated he was receiving error reports from "windows" computer. I released no information and hung up.
ITS A LADY SAYING HER NAME IS JANET & THAT MY COMPUTER MAY CRASH AND SHE TOOK ME ON SOME SIGHTS AND SHE READ BACK NUMBERS TO ME AND IT WAS LIKE SENDING TO TARGET I KEPT ASKING HER HOW SHE GOT MY NUMBER SHE SAID SHE WAS FROM THE MICROSOFT COMPANY SHE WAS GONNA HELP ME SOLVE MY COMPUTER ISSUES AND THAT MY COMPUTER MAY CRASH I ASKED HER WHERE SHE WAS CALLING ME FROM SHE SAID FLORIDA SHE SO CALLED PUT A SUPERVISOR ON I HUNG UP ON THEM BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS WAS SCAM
I get these calls every once in awhile. This time I challenged him to identify my computer, which is old and I seldom use (I've converted to OSX but keep the Windows machine because my music is there). Weird thing is that he actually DID know my CLSID. How in the world could they know my CLSID? He had me open a CMD window, then run "assoc", the last line of which showed exactly the CLSID he said it would.
I've always assumed this company was just plain phishing at random.
I asked him several times if he worked for Microsoft Corporation. At first he said no, he worked for Microsoft Windown Technical Center or some such generic. But later on, he said, yes he was working for Microsoft Corporation in Washington DC.
I asked for a call-back number, he gave me 646-843-6254. The incoming call came from 971-555-0129 and then 206-555-0114.
I see from a web search that EVERY windows computer shows that same CLSID number as the last line of assoc.