I had a call on 18 Jul 2015. Caller identified as Ellen Smith and had a distinctly African sounding voice. She said that her company Windows Tech Support is aware that I am having lot of computer issues and would help fix if I logged onto my computer. I enquired if they are from Microsoft but she said it is Windows Tech. I asked to speak to her manager who spoke in an African voice and could hardly understand. I realized something was fishy and asked that they don't call again.
Received a phone call today May 11/1015 at 5:05 pm from a guy with Indian accent telling me that he was calling from Microsoft to let me know that my computer was hacked. He said not to turn the computer on until I was at home in front of my computer to help me through. I told him that I was on my way home and he can call later, on the second call I wanted to have some information and I asked for a name and phone to call when I arrive home and he gave me the name of Sean Harris and the phone number 302 268 6936
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Received a call from group with heavy Indian accent from "Window's Technical Support" indicating they were picking up signals that someone was trying to hack my computer. The first guy wanted me to go to the front of my computer. I explained it would be unusual for someone to call me about this, then the supervisor got on the phone. He identified himself as Shawn Harris- he gave me the number 302-268-6936 to verify that he was this person (he said he was Pilipino and he was in California). I told him that I would contact Microsoft instead and he ended the conversation.
I received a call last night and were told the same issues. I spoke to 3 different people - all had accents.
Seems like this phone number has been used for awhile now. I do'nt understand why it isn't shut down.
They wanted to charge 199.00 for 3 years I think and 299.00 for a lifetime warranty...Transferable to boot...
They had me call 302-268-6936 to verify they were real people. The person who answered the phone identified the company as Windows technical Support. I was supposed to ask for Mr. Ria JR and they had him come to the phone. Then I hung up and went back to the house phone. I went on the microsoft website and it is a known scam.
Began receiving calls on my cell phone from 210-10. They said they were calling me through a VOIP (Voice Over Internet Phone) and that they are with the Windows Service Center. The first lady I could hardly understand, so eventually a guy named John Wilson took over. He had me get into eventvwr and showed me some errors on my computer. Actually there were over 44,000 errors. Then he wanted me to download fastheal.net. I did a quick search on this and found it has nothing to do with Windows. When I began pushing for verification, he gave me this number: 302-268-6936. When I called it on my home phone, the guy that answered sounded like he was in the same noisy room as the first guy. He assured me that they are with the Windows Service Center. At that point, I'd had enough and hung up. Then, the guy tried to call me back about 5 times before I finally turned my phone off.