While it is probably not possible to stop these calls you can help by alerting the community management about what is going on. They can send out newsletters and make announcements at community meetings about these scam calls to help protect the residents of the community. Since the majority of the calls originate from outside the US and use Caller ID spoofing or VOIP to a server in the US that then calls with a US number, it is very difficult for the US authorities to find and stop these scammers. Informing the community residents about the scams with reminders when a new batch of calls start will help protect the residents.
Thanks, Mike.Your information answers a question I've had about whether local police should be notified. I did alert community management. To my disappointment, rather than putting out an every-mailbox alert about this particular scheme, there was a notice on bulletin boards to beware of scams and not to give scammers any information. Of course, no one would give information if they know the call is a scam.
8:45 PM 1/14/2013 Received call from 312-263-8166. Man with Indian or Asian accent said he was calling from "The Maintenance Department" about my Windows Computer. There was a lot of background noise. Recently, my computer has become Verrry slow and I see the processor usage go to 100% and stay there only a few minutes after booting. This indicates an on board program using my CPU even when I am not running any processes. The only way I can quiet the processor is to disable the wireless hub. I did so today and I think this was a call to find out what happened.
Um I hate to make light of your post but there is no way anyone can know there is a problem with your pc out of the blue. Take it to a real computer shop to fix it.
The tech call is a scam.And TX is right! If your computer is really having a issue, then take it to a tech you can see with your own eye's. No one should touch your computer other then yourself, a real live computer tech you can see face to face or your manufacturer..