i got a call from 203 051 3739at 7:30 PM on September 8 2012......they said that there was something wrong with my computer, i went along with it knowing that it was a scam, she said to tell her what was on my screen and i told her that my screen was on my screen, she didnt like that and said what i assume to be curses in a foreign language that after a minute of her ranting i hung up.
Just received a call from this number 203-051-3739. After a major lag a Filipino sounding man came on saying that he was calling from Windows technican support and over the last few days my computer was logging a number of internet errors and he is calling to take control of my computer to clean up and correct these errors. I said I am not interested thank you. He then said you have errors and require that these be cleaned up. I said again I am not interested because I don't trust you. He said I should trust him and I said "well I don't". He then got mad and hung up the phone. What is the angle here? What are they trying to do? How does the scam work? Anyone have any idea
I note this 'hoax / scam' has been reported herein since Sept 2011. My wife took the call today at 3:30PM in southern Ontario, Canada. She passed the message "This call is about your computer" followed by a hang-up along to me when I got home. The number showed up as "4 203 051 3739" when I looked at the caller's list.
Have the details ever been reported to federal authorities?
Surely with the tech knowledge available today and the traceability of most calls, some federal agency should be able to isolate where these calls originated and pass the 'clean-it-up' message along to that country's authorities! ????