Who called from 6472881790

Is there any way to prosecute these scammers? I got called too! I didn't get caught with the scam, but still Its got to be illegal to do that to people. Especially in Canada and US. We need to be protected from these types of predators.

I played along with these guys for a while.  I kept them on the phone for over 40 minutes extracting little pieces of information from them as I went along.  These guys are scammers.  Below is more information about their current approach and about their "front" company.

Simon: Employee # 09148 (ya I know so many Indian guys named "Simon" lol)
Online PC Care
647-288-1790 - Ontario helpdesk

They stated my computer was causing problems and tried to verify I was not a "computer technician"  before they would proceed :).  They wanted me to "activate software maintenance coverage".

1 time charge
http://www.onlinepccare.com/
https://www.onlinepccare.com/mframe.php?frame ... you&address1=15 drop dead&city=Blow me&state=ontario&country=CA&phone1=5551212&zip=h0h0h0&merchant_id=3463725747873107520&merchant_site_id=32454&total_amount=163&currency=CAD&item_name_1=Premium&item_amount_1=163&time_stamp=2011-09-10.08:00:04&checksum=03ddc613421067e74e354098aca38ccf&customField1=900053380804&

You may note in the site above, it is supposed to be https, however it sends the raw information for credit cards (fake info from me of course lol) through to their servers....  How odd....  It does however very nicely identify their merchant ID to try to extract the funds from credit cards.
https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/Customer/Code.aspx - 10:38 am
730788



Contact Details
Head Office:
Block EN 27, Sector V , 2nd Floor, Saltlake City,
Kolkata 700-091 , West Bengal India
Phone: + 91-33-4005 2247 / 2240
Fax: + 91-33-2231 7922


USA:
Help Desk Numbers : 1-646-884-9561 / 1-646-626-5558 / 1 718 8191080


Great Britain(UK):
Help Desk Numbers : 44-2920008744 / 44-2033185211 / 44-1216302062


Ireland:
Help Desk Numbers : 353-15262981


Australia:
Help Desk Numbers : 290372483 / 731776377


New Zealand:
Help Desk Numbers : 64-9-2814966


Email Us : [email protected]




Online PC Care called me and tried to convince me there were severe problems and viruses on my machine.  They tried to charge me $163 to "fix" them.

This is a scam.  Nothing is wrong with my machine.  Every machine will have warning messages in your event viewer over a period of time for many possible reasons (i.e. you mistype your password and will will log a warning message).

Online PC Care tried to convince me there was a 12-Month Microsoft warranty on my computer that had expired.  Another lie....  My system was only 2 months old but they kept insisting this "fake" warranty had expired.

Online PC care even tries to make themselves look credible by listing themselves as a "genuine tech support company" when, in fact they are scammers as described in that same paragraph on their own web site.

If you get a call from these guys, contact the authorities.  They are your best ally in the war on scammers such as these.

I will credit them with one statement though.  On the last line of their scammer information page, they state "Be safe while surfing over the internet! Don't be a victim to these malicious Scams!".  That is good advice.

Avoid this scam by avoiding Online PC Care. :)

I played along with female east indian lady......yeah named Annie..........give me a break.   Also played her for info.........they also try to gain remote access to your computer.....ask you to go into 'eventvwr'.....etc.........Those people should really get a life!!   Now I just mention police and they hang up..........you don't have to.

yo estoy en la misma situacion les permiti accesoa mi computadora  a estos tipos y ahora temo que me la quemen.

Caller-ID showed a totally bogus 1123456789, but they gave me the 647-288-1790 when I asked about it...

They said their company was 'e-solving', and they tried to convince me that the 'errors' in the MS tool 'eventvwr' were signs of infection. Of course, they're not. Just errors like failing to connect to network.... The agent "transferred" me to his supervisor, and I swear I heard him hand the phone over.... LOL.....

At this point I asked where they got my name and number and they said the phone directory, and I asked why they were not rsepecting the Canadian Do-Not-Call Registry.... They tried to insist that it was to help me with my computer. So when I emphasized they were breaking Canadian Law they said their company would not call again. One can only hope. :)