First an Indian-accented woman called to verify that i 'have windows computers', then I was transferred to a "microsoft certified technician' who gained access to my machine via the AMMYY remote desktop sharing program, and proceeded to lead me both thru my internal performance logs and external web sites to "prove I had been affected by a koobface virus attack that had left a backdoor to my system open" to hackers. Somehow he pegged my CPU to 100%, though this was the only program running.
Next he offered to fix this and all problems for free, but he required a "security panel" to be installed, and led me to 'onestoppcsolutions.com'. Then he required that I purchase one of the plans offered by that site that start at $228. He pushed very hard, giving me his employer ID code of MS22259HQ, a name of 'Mike Smith' and a callback number of 201-338-6142. He sounded Indian with a New Zealand accent, if that's possible!
The call lasted over an hour; it took maybe thirty minutes before he even got to the security panel/sales pitch! Avast Internet Security has not picked up on any actual intrusion into my machine, but it's about to get a full in-depth scan.
Same situation here, They called my number twice and gave the same story, I was kind of taken back thaqt how could my computer download something while I have all kinds of protection. Anyways, first time i said call me back in five minutes and surely they called back and told me to go into the start menu and run some event manager and there he pointed out few errors, and told me that now i have to go to some site and download some remote access software. Well, I knew that this call was a hoax, was fraudulent, but when he told me to download a third party software to get access to my computer, that rang a bell and i just told the caller that i will call him back, He gave me this number.
I would urge people not to fall for this traps as they can hack right into your computer under your nose.
Why would microsoft techs use New Jersy location number where he told me that he wss calling me from Seattle,!!!!!!!!!
the also told me the same story...when they sent me requests to have access to my pc..i noted down the ID number that wanted to get on my pc = 4995697 the guy told me his name is peter white..i do not trust them..how they get my number iam in canada
Windows do NOT cold call. So anyone saying otherwise is part of the scam. That includes you Peter, you [***]. Now go and crawl back under your rock. Parasite.