just got a call from a guy "Frank", asking to talk to Ms____ (my name), saying that my Windows 7 operating system has been hacked and he needed to "fix" it...Very noisy in the background....Smelling a rat I told him nobody by that name lived here...Wanted to know my name and if my computer was "on" Told him NO.....Told him I had a bad connection and I would call him.
Gave me a phone# 40-1-866-999-1487 from Salt Lake City....Called back and can't connect with this number...My caller ID shown 1-206-397-1126
DATE & TIME: Nov 8, 11:14AM PST
NAME: "Steve" (in heavy Asian accent)
COMPANY: My PC Care
When I said I didn't have time to deal with him right now, he told me to call 1/888-408-6651 for further assistance. So it all happened pretty much exactly as this scam has been described by your original post.
I live in London,Ontario,Canada...and get these calls as well...
Caller with heavy accent called about my computer...she said she was from Windows at first and then she said she was from My PC Care...
.I told her I don't own a computer and pressed the 9 button a few times and then hung up...
I'm a computer IT and forensic expert (been so for 20 years)
If I can give all of you any advice is" Dont let them in your computer!!!!!!"
"Windows or Microsoft doesn't know you from a hole in the wall nor will they call you !!!!!!
Even if you give these people your email address you can and will be tricked one day in opening or viewing an email sent by these scamers (and they will gain access that way)...
If you have given these people access to your computer already ,change all your passwords for your banking,emails etc...!!!There are many more things you can do(google for more)
Hope this helps everyone
LukesComputerRepair.com
Pushy Indian descent male named "Robin". Same story as above. Got very rude when I asked questions about why he was calling. I asked him to send me a written explanation of the problem and information on his company which I could verify. He didn't understand why I wanted that. If you keep asking them questions and say you don't understand what they want or why they are calling you, they get angry and hang up.
You can also ask them if they have any special packages for HBO and Cinemax or if they can help you take the parental control block off the porno channel on your cable box.
Asking how the weather is where they are calling from, or explaining what a horrible night you had due to being sick and running to the bathroom constantly to throw up or have diarhea (be more graphic) is also a fun topic to go off on. They hate having the table turned on them.
These types of calls are a nuisance, but I love screwing with them and wasting their time!
I got a very strange call from this number with an Indian voice,they said,they are from Ontario Division that they knew that my PC was offline and has a virus and I have to becarfull about jakers and all these things and I said how I know, you are tell me truth,I don't know you, give me your phone number and he gime a phone number 161143888814 but he got angry and I call but is not a correct number.