Thanks for the post. It is to the letter of what happened to my elderly parents. They gave no credit card or banking info but completely lost everything on their computer, drivers and all. It was taken over by remote desktop and they lost everything. I live out of town and told them to immediately go to my sister's house next door and log in to all their accounts and change their passwords. They called their bank to place an alert as well as ebay and paypal. Just hope they acted soon enough. Scary!
Oh GOD, SCAMMERS FOR SURE! Called the house phone number because some problem with "current Windows program user problems", later on the office line. Have to admit we have been having such problems so maybe it is a Windows sponsored hoax. House phone call was an illiterate speaking foreigner, broken conversation that the line was was disconnect (3:36 P.M); same exact number on the business line was a well understood 'American speaking person' that hung up after stating I had a previous call (4:13 P.M.).
I track all calls & have a log (date, time & which number called), hope others do also when the eventual litigation will start; I will not take part in a class action suit for the peanuts one would get & will hold out for what truly is deserved that Attorneys capitalize one.
No use calling the number back; I tried from both numbers & .....typical, number not available, contact your operator for further assistance.
Needless to say, sick of such b.s. & taking a proactive role
Just got a call from this number (201-155-2012) at my home where I run a small business. The caller had a strong Indian accent- said he was calling from Microsoft Windows and that my computer wanted to assist me by doing a scan of my computer- that he was sure was infected. Claimed that Norton and the other programs I use to protect my computer against viruses and malware was not enough.. I told him I have my own tech support person that I consult with-- he again invoked Microsoft and how many complaints they've had from customers using Windows OS (LOL!) I strung him along and told him to call me back tomorrow night at the same time.. buying time to confirm my own suspicions that this is (of course) a HOAX! Microsoft NEVER calls customers directly!!
I received a call from this number 11/19/12 from an Indian accent guy. He said I had a virus on my windows computer and he wanted my info on my computer to walk me thru the virus software. When I told him we use Apple he hung up.
Just got a call from this number and it is the 3rd call (all from different numbers). Had Indian accent and I told him not to call me anymore and he started arguing with me. I know it is a SCAM and the last one I got was 2 days ago at 7:30am from a California number calling again about my Windows computer. How can we stop these crooks? Do we call our Attorney General or what? I am sick of these calls and cannot believe how many people they will con into doing their instructions so they can have remote access to your computer. If anybody has a number I can call to report this I would appreciate it.