i live in Australia, and "Futron software" called me to tell me to fix my windows 7. instantly realised it was a scam, did not give my home number out and he dodged questions when i asked about how he got my number, and if he worked for microsoft.
I just received a call on my cell phone at work. Same MO as reported by others here: Indian accent - not sure if man or woman, talked fast, hard to understand, my computer was downloading bad files. We are having some problem with our home computer, so for a second, I was almost gullible. Then, I realized, how would they know that. When I asked which computer was having the problem, as I was on myh laptop at work, they said your home computer, and wanted me to log on and do something. I explained that I was not at home. They were persistent, as they wanted to know when they could call. I gave them a time, with no intention of living up to it. After I hung up I realized how much of a scam it really was. Thanks to those who have taken action!
Got a call from a company called 24X7 PC letting me know that they were an authorized provider and that my computer was corrupted. I asked him which of my computers was he referring to, he couldn't tell me, he kept quoting some ID # that was reported by the manufacturer, I asked him which manufacturer, he went on to talk about Windows authorization. I assured him that my computers were fine and my husband was a genius of a system security engineer who ensures our computers are current and up to date at all times. He indicated the problem was something he wouldn't be able to detect. In addition, told him this was the 3rd time that someone called to report the same issues and as I told the other customer service representatives "please remove our number from call list, we will risk it."
He will give you a number (307)529-0607 and if you dial it back he will answer it like he is sitting in his living room watching TV, but not with the proper greeting of a company. Funny how, a company with so much "authority" to access your computer is limited to one/single phone number that is registered and lacks true customer service skills. When all of his tactics failed, he told me my computer (the one I am using now) would crash in 30 minutes and to go F-myself.
I got a call on Friday March 9th 2012 and I live on one of the islands Bahamas and the lady claimed to be from Solar Tech comoputer maintenance department in Nassau Bahamas. She told me the same thing, that my computer was about to crash if I didn't follow her instructions and go to start. I asked her how did she get my number and she ran on with some crap, I told her to call back in 15 mins but she didn't I'm glad I didn't I asked my niece about it and she found this website for me.
got the same thing...4-11-12 call from this number. showed us all the corrupted files by searching run inf. they disconnected, and man also with east indian accent came on saying he(Mack cage- was in miami ID number 888DCA60. kept reassuring it is not a scam. had us go to the ammyy.com site and we did. but when he had us click on the free software a remote "this site is attempting to remotely connect to your computer" I told him no way I am giving a stranger access to remoting connect to my computer (the way our tech support does at my work.) he then hung up. called a friend and he said the error messages they showed us on our computer are normal events. who knows what could have happened if we'd have given him access remotely. we'll report it to law enforcement tomorrow