Person with strong accent asked if he was talking with some name, not mine. I said it was a wrong number and then he wanted to talk with the person responsible for my computer. He said that he had been affected by some type of very serious problem, and implied he was calling from Microsoft. He asked me to turn on my computer, at which point I told him not to call again and hung up. I've received one more call that I did not answer.
same thing happened to me. they said they were hired from microsoft when i said that my computer was working just fine they said it was a glitch that i was unaware of lol
SEVERAL SCAMS ARE BEING RUN ON THIS PHONE NUMBER
YOUR-PC-IS-INFECTED SCAM http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cold-Call-Tech ... on-150170.shtml
ADVANCED-FEE-FOR-SOMETHING SCAM http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel16.shtm
YOU-OWE-MONEY-FOR-LOAN SCAM http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710
YOU-COMMITTED-A-CRIME-1 SCAM http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/2010/denver111010.html
YOU-COMMITTED-A-CRIME-2 SCAM http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2009/ucm195814.htm
YOU-COMMITTED-A-CRIME-3 SCAM http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/specialalert/2010/sa10131.html
Beware the advance-fee scam can be for anything - grant, loan, lottery winnings, interest rate reduction, gift card, refund, doggie, cruise, vacation, free gas, etc.
Report to the Internet Crime Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx , the Federal Communications Commission http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm , the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and your state AG, as appropriate.
I've gotten two calls from this #, both when working my computer and believe something on my PC triggered it, yet my virus scans are upto date. The second call, I talked a few minutes as I was very suspicious. After a couple of minutes, I asked if I could record the call, he said I could then hung up.
They have called me a spanish man couldn't understand him wanting to know about my computer having errors, I asked if he was from Microsoft and he says yes. I gave him no info but he just kept on and on trying to get my info til I hung up on him.