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.
accented man (sounded like my friend who was born in India)
claiming our PC is sending out errors. same scam as noted by everyone.
this phone number needs to be back traced and these lying scammers shut
down and penalized.
Jan 21, 2014 @ 1:24PM Just received call asking to access my computer to fix errors. India sounding gentleman said he was calling from Windows Direct Assistance to fix my computer errors. Service offered by Windows. He finally hung up when I explained that I had a Mac computer. He was determined, said he was not stealing anything but was trying to fix my computer.
Very much suspect Identity Theft Scam. Please stop this scammer.
Too many PC users do not know how easily these guys can steal everything.
Got a call this afternoon from this phone number. The guy (heavy India Indian accent) said he was from Microsoft & had a question about a Surface that I returned. The truth is that my daughter's fiancé received several gift cards (1 from me) and used them to purchase a Surface for Xmas. The Surface was recently returned as it was having some issues, but I had nothing to do with that transaction. How did this guy know?
SCAM ALERT! I just got a call from 206-555-0100. DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY OF YOUR INFORMATION. DO NOT ALLOW ACCESS TO ANY OF YOUR COMPUTERS. DO NOT GIVE YOUR CREDIT CARD. A man with an Eastern Accent said he was calling from Windows and that one of my computers was downloading some dangerous files. He wanted to fix them over the phone. I asked him what company he was with and he said he was calling blah, blah, blah. I told him he didn't answer my questions and I wanted to know what company he was with. He said he was calling to fix my Windows computers. I told him that I don't have a "Windows Computers". He hung up. I searched the number and came up with a series of complaints (this site) on the same number and similar situations.