Male caller represented himself as an agent of Microsoft who was contacting me to correct malware issues that have been automatically reported to them by my computer. I advised him that at this point he was conducting interstate fraud via telephone which is a federal offense. I then heard the familiar "dial tone".
Male caller represented himself as an agent of Microsoft who was contacting me to correct malware issues that have been automatically reported to them by my computer. I advised him that at this point he was conducting interstate fraud via telephone which is a federal offense. I then heard the familiar "dial tone".
I did not even get to the point where I told him that I do not use Microsoft products. I asked him what version did he thing I was using.... dial tone.....
Got a call from 212-777-8546 - a very bad connection, a person speaking in a heavy Indian (Asian) accent, saying he was from "windows authorized tech support calling to tell me about a serious problem with my computer and could I just go switch is on so he could show me the problem..." Sounded fishy, of course, and I wondered if the caller was deliberately trying to sound like he was calling from an overseas, outsourced tech help center - have been working with computers for a long time, have heard many stories about Windows crashing, but have never heard of anyone from Microsoft calling ahead of time to warn anyone of a problem. Asked a few questions, then said this was a bad time so please give me a number at which I can call you back when I have time to deal with this...and he was gone. Called the number back - got the message that it was "disconnected...no further information." Definitely not a legit call.