A guy claiming to be calling from Microsoft called me and said I had a virus on my computer. He wanted me to go to my computer and hit control and the window. I did this, but then I couldn't understand what he was asking me to do next and I asked him how do I know you're calling from microsoft I don't understand why you have my number. I hung up on him. They called me back, I asked for their number, told him I would talk to my husband and call him back.the number was really 510-943-3040 when I checked my call history.
Guys claiming to be from Microsoft called and I stupidly gave him online access to my computer since it has been running extremely slow. For $25 he could clean and speed it up for me. The fee would include a new anti-virus software that is hacker proof and a five year free service agreement from Microsoft. He navigated me to the Western Union payment page. I plugged in incomplete info which they caught. I asked for a callback number and name since I had to use the bathroom. That number is 302-464-5393 although the original call came from 510-943-3040. I called the 302 number and read the above email to the guy answering. He "kicked" me off the conference call before I could finish.
I got a call at 1:00 today from a man saying he was from Microsoft Windows and I had some errors on my computer. I guess I had a feel about him and asked where he was calling from since he had such a heavy accent, and he said Delaware. I told him I didn't want to do this that I didn't know where he was calling from for sure and my computer wasn't telling me I had any errors and asked him how he got my phone number. He was wanting me to do the "windows" key and "r" key. I asked for a number to call him back that I wanted to check this out. I called my local phone company to see what they said. He said he didn't know anything about calls from Microsoft. I told him what happened and that I got a call back number and he asked for that. While I was talking to him he Googled the number and came up with these scam notices. I am thankful for my local phone company!
Got a call just now from a guy with a heavy accent saying he was from microsoft saying my computer had a problem and he would fix it over the phone. I said I am not putting anything into my computer without verifying who he is. He said his name was Harry Watson from microsoft. He gave me this number but the number which showed up in a code on my caller ID was 510-943-3040. I plan on contacting microsoft directly.
I just spoke to microsoft and they informed me this is definitely a scam and do not enter any information into your computer. They also said to do a complete virus scan and make sure your cache is cleaned out to be on the safe side. They said they were aware of the problem with these callers and were trying to put a stop to it. Basically they are working on the situation.