A heavily accent male call saying they had received info from my computer and that I had mallard downloaded. When i asked how they got this info, he said through the licensing. I played along for awhile to see what he'd say. He asked me to go to my computer and sign on to my computer panel. I did not of course but then asked to be taken off the calling list. He stated calling me and [***] and how he wanted to slap my [***] face. Hung up
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11/10/14 Caller with heavy accent stated he was from Windows Tecnical Department and he needed to fix something on my computer because certain files were corrupt He asked me to sit in front of my computer and he was going to give me directions on how to allow him remote access so he could fix my Windows software. Since I have several computers, I asked him to identify which one he was calling about. He said he had a Windows license number to go by and he got my phone number from when I registered the software. HE also said he was calling from New York. The caller ID identified that the caller was from Los Angeles, CA . Total scam!
I just got the same phone call 10 mins ago they were asking for me, heavy accent as well. I didn't tell them whether or not they had the right number I just kept asking why they were calling and they proceeded to keep asking for me and then just hung up.. And I for one don't even have a computer lol so they weren't going to get much info from me but a couple swear words if that