A technician called me this morning to tell me that they work with microsoft and they have been getting messages from my pc about some bugs or something, technical term I'm not familiar with. He guided me through what I had for warnings on my PC and that they needed to be removed right away. And he asked me to check if I had a software warranty and apparently I don't so he suggested that I buy a warranty that is good for 3 years. He said that I could go on paypal and pay directly without giving any personnal information to him online. Their Website is onlinepcsupport.co.uk. He asked me if I'm willing to buy the warranty right away for 79$. I said not right now that I needed to speak to my technician first. So he just said ok and wished me a good day, he seemed pretty disappointed too. But that is the phone number he gave me, I did not try calling but he gave me an e-mail adress I can write to for their services. I will be sending an e-mail just to see if they respond.
I called my local technician and told him about the call, he sais that they are frauds trying to take people's money, they don't even give the service. Now I have to take my PC to my technician so he can re-install windows, just in case these frauds decided to bug my PC.
A technician called me this morning to tell me that they work with microsoft and they have been getting messages from my pc about some bugs or something, technical term I'm not familiar with. He guided me through what I had for warnings on my PC and that they needed to be removed right away. And he asked me to check if I had a software warranty and apparently I don't so he suggested that I buy a warranty that is good for 3 years. He said that I could go on paypal and pay directly without giving any personnal information to him online. Their Website is onlinepcsupport.co.uk. He asked me if I'm willing to buy the warranty right away for 79$. I said not right now that I needed to speak to my technician first. So he just said ok and wished me a good day, he seemed pretty disappointed too. But that is the phone number he gave me, I did not try calling but he gave me an e-mail adress I can write to for their services. I will be sending an e-mail just to see if they respond.
I called my local technician and told him about the call, he sais that they are frauds trying to take people's money, they don't even give the service. Now I have to take my PC to my technician so he can re-install windows, just in case these frauds decided to bug my PC.
I just read your email about these people. The whole conversation was the same as you described. The only difference is that they asked me for $100.00 The trick they played on me was that they got into my computer by telling me that itswas full of bugs. Now I do not know if they actually picked up any of my personal information. I have had to switch my computer off for now till I can get it cleaned up because I do not know what they put into it or took out of it.
Just like you I trusted them because they sounded so convincing. They also proved to me that I had about 1400 bugs. I thought if I had so many then my computer would not work at all and that is when I realised I ahd been taken in. I am so pissed off at people that do this sort of thing to others. I wish there was a way we could actually catch them. Be carefull you people out there. Do not allow anyone to get into your computer even if he sais he is God himself. Take care.
BE CAREFULL YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE IF ANYONE CALLS YOU FROM MICROSOFT. THEY CAN GET INTO YOUR COMPUTER AND YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY DID TO IT. THEY TELL YOU THEY ARE TECHNITIENCE AND CAN HELP YOU WITH YOUR COMPUTER THAT IS INFESTED WITH BUGS AND WILL SOON STOP WORKING.AT THE END OF ALL THIS THEY WANT YOU TO GIVE THEM $100.00 TO FIX IT FOR YOU. THAT THIS SERVICE IS FOR 3 YEARS AND YOU WILL NEVER GHAVE ANY MORE PROBLEMS WITH IT AS LONG AS THEY TAKE CHARGE.tHE TELEPHONE NUMBER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FROM THE U.K. NOT THE STATES
i WISH SOMEONE WOULD CATCH THESE PEOPLE AND PUT THEM IN JAIL FOR A VERY LONG TIME BECAUSE THEY DISRUPT PEOPLES LIVES AND CAUSE PROBLEMS AND PANIC.
TO EVERYONE OUT THERE BE VERY CAREFULL WHO YOU TALK TO.
I got a call from an Andrew Kim, he said he was working for Microsoft customer service and bugs were detected on my pc. I was told I could get protection for 149$ per year. When I was at the financial department, I was told to provide a credit card number or a prepaid card number. I did not have any of thoses things. The guy seemed surprised and went: You never bought anything on the Internet??? I simply replied no. He talked to me as if I had to urgently go to the nearest store to get a pre-paid card. The next day, at about the same time, I got a call from an Alex Smith. I told him about the posts I read on this site. He went: I don't understand, we have been working for Microsoft for over 10 years, you are the only one to says we are frauds. The names they have are common. Many people have those names. Before that call, I never heard of Microsoft customer service calling up people. Mr. Smith gave me a Web site, the same provided by Ode. They don't have my money, but I am worried about what they did to my computer...
I can't believe it. Andrew called me back. This time, he simply introduced himself as Andrew from Windows Office. He had the same voice and the same Korean accent as the previous Andrew. He told me my Windows program was about to crash. I did not want to go through the same thing all over again: give them access to my computer and be pushed into giving financial information. I simply said: I don't care. He sounded surprised and went: you don't care? I replied: No, if my computer crashes, I'll get another one or go to the library. He went: OK, bye. How did they get my name, my phone number, or found out I have a computer?