got the same call other people here have received - claimed that my computer was having an issue - wanted me to be in front of it (which I was) and tried to explain that my computer was sending malware reports to Windows. When i asked him what he wanted me to do, he started treating me like an idiot (press the Start button) but when i tried pressing him for more details of what he wanted me to do, he got flustered, tried to tell me that he wanted to help and when I told him where to get off, he told me he knew my father and tried saying something in an bad Indian accent is when I hung up. Tried calling the number back but got a fast busy signal which indicates a trunk issue where ever this call originated. Complete and utter scam and just hang up on these people - just too stupid - do not be taken in!
* Unlisted or Unregistered number* 213-271-1590, Caller ID reported "California"
Location Los Angeles, CA
Phone type Landline
Provider VERIZON BUSINESS
Well you shut one down, and they pop up somewhere else. This squashed cockroach moved again the first Tuesday of 2012. "Send me $200 via Western Union and get a $7000 grant immediately…" 202-621-0363 U.S. Grant
which translates to
"Send us any untraceable amount of cash, and we vanish mysteriously with it."
Received a call from this number. Said he was calling from"windows" direct that my computer was badly infected. He wanted to walk me through and ""correct". Said this needed to be done immediately. Clearly a scam!
At 10:37 am Tues 2/14 received call saying they were calling from Windows and that my computer had been sending messages that it was badly infected and that if left alone it would destroy my computer. would give no other details but kept asking if I was the main user of the computer.
I finally hung up.
So my grandma got ripped off two weeks ago, sent a man 2200 in Spain, so TODAY 2/24/12, A man calls and says he's from the FBI, and wants to catch the guys who did it. He says they are close and needs someone "very carefully" send more money to spian nad have them catch them in the ACT. So I ask some pretty primative questions "Where are you Mark Suitor?" He answers correctly Langley, Virginia (FBI headquarters) then I ask him for a phone number I can get back to him and he hangs up.
WOW, not only did this guy rip my grandma two weeks ago, HE TRIED TO DO IT AGAIN! Instead of being a grandson overseas he tried to FAKE being an FBI agent.
What Hubrius. Good thing these guys are idiots. Boom Baby
Some idiot (sounded Asian w/accent) asked me to go to my computer to fix a problem/complaint they received. Of course I told him I was on a do not call list & going to report him. He hung up.