Just got a call from them and they said they were from Microsoft and that they wanted me to update my warranty on my computer because they were receiving "error" logs from my computer. Made me check a bunch of logs on my computer. They know the average person does not know much about their computer's operating system.
I just got a new computer within the last week so I know this is B.S. They had my correct name/ e-mail address and phone. I was already suspicious and then the caller (slight Indian accent) said that the server was down and that he would call me around 12 tomorrow for about 15 minutes to update everything. Before he hung up, I was already searching for this # on the web. I am glad it exists and hope others will benefit from my post and those on this site. I noticed they called me before but never left a message. I will ignore this caller from now on. They might want to log onto your computer remotely- Don't let them do it! I smell scam. Good Luck and stay alert!
I just got the call from a hindi lady telling me she works for M$ and that my computer was "infected"
She asked me what operating system I was on and if I was the administrator. Red flags went up so I asked her why she doesnt know what OS I have it should be on any report M$ gets.
I decided to play with her for a bit and listen to her demands, she told me to open start menu and then I asked what to do next, I told her I knew what I was doing and she hung up on me.
This is obviously a scam, next time she calls I will play stupid and do a remote assistance with her to gain her IP address which I will post here.
I get a call almost everyday...the one time I picked it up the man had like an indian acient and was saying some.nonsense about some.program on.my computer no working righ becaus3 of something wrong with my microsoft ...I.was like ni no no.....how u know whats on my computer and what # is this and he couldn't give me a straight omg right now I jus got a.call fom 201-200-7040 hmmmm...gonna.google.tht noe....somebody do.something with these hackers