I received a call from these people today claiming to be from Microsoft tech support. They claimed that many computers in my area were being attacked by malware and they were going to help me clean my computer.
At that point I asked them for their name and number so I could call them back.
The person claimed their name was Kevin Jordan and they worked for Tech-optimizers at the following phone number 210 767 3298
I have no idea if they are a legitimate company or not, but it sounded like a scam to me.
Also just received a phone call from Tech Optimizer (different phone number 1-510-943-3040, and have received several calls from strange areas codes over the last few months, I finally answered one). I asked where he was calling from and it was India. Said they were calling on behalf of a research company in my area where they received several complaints with computer problems (malware). He wanted me to turn on my computer (I have several, ha) then go to event view and search for errors. When I asked how they got my number he could not tell me. I was suspisious from the beginning (I work in Information Technology so can smell a scam). When I told them to remove my phone number from their calling list, they hung up.
Thank you guys for posting this. I just got the same call and was immeditaely suspicious, but seeing aS my computer DOES have a lot of weird virus-like stuff on it, I asked to get his name and number and if he could call me back tomorrow. Now I know not to waste my time with him. Yay teamwork!
Just got a call from Brad Jones (Indian fella) from the same 210 number. Said he got my name and number from Windows. Said he had to run a check to see if I have corrupt files. Told him I was fine and asked if he was trying to scam me. He said I could speak to one of the senior techs to fix the problem. I told him I had to run and asked for his number so I could call him back. He said that it would only 7 technician to fix my computer. I told him there was nothing to fix and hung up.
This is a scam number for "Tech-Optimizers". They get an inital person to call you up and check your eventvwr logs and tell you there are problems with your windows PC. Then they get you to open IE and put in www.ammayy.com and speak to a "senior supervisor". That's as far as I got with them because I had an "emergency" and got the number to call them back. I asked where he was calling from and he at first was evasive but then told me India... so he gives me his name as Alex Smith and his number as 210-767-3298, a number in San Antonio? Nice try, scammers.