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 just received a similar call. The person said they were calling from the Anti-Hacking Department for Windows. He gave me an IP address where he said someone was hacking into my computer. The IP address did not sound like any I've ever seen. He said not to input the address into my computer but to go to my computer and he could walk me through correcting the problem. The number of my phone was 510-943-3040. I put this into google and saw scams. He then gave me his phone number which differed from the 510 number shown on my phone. It was the 302-464-5393 showing the scam. I told him I'd call back. He called me 3 more times. I did not pick up the phone.
I received a similar phone call at 11:30 tonight! She too had a heavy accent and said she was from the Window's Care Department. She said that they received several reports of errors I have been receiving on my computer and that I had a malicious virus. She said it would only take 10 minutes to fix if I would just turn my computer on and she could walk me through it. She kept asking me if I knew my IP address; she knew my full name, address and telephone number! I told her I was uncomfortable with getting a call at 11:30 at night and I would have to call back. She gave me the 302-464-5393 number, but my caller ID captured 510-943-3040 (& V11012317470005). SCAM is written all over this.
I too last evening received the call at 9:30 pm eastern time, said this time he was from HP and he said I was hacked and he needed me to turn on my computer and he would walk me through removing the spy software. The caller id said payphone. I knew it was a scam asked for his number and would call him when I had time, he gave me this number. He had a very thick indian accent but will bet it is someone that contracted at a help desk for Microsoft or HP at one point.