Much the same story as above, though they haven't yet asked for money. They said they'd transfer us to an expert, we said we'd call back, and I decided to check the number first, which led me here.
This is a scam. They say they are from Windows Tech Supoort and want access to your computer. They say that there have been a lot of error messages. Don't give them access.
My wife got this call this afternoon about 4:20. He said exactly that; he was from Windows Tech Support 7 "we are receiving a lot of error messages from your computer!!" (with urgency in his Middle- Eastern sounding voice). " Are you in front of your computer?" No!, my wife answered, with the baby crying in the background. She asked for his number so she or I could call him right back & he gave her 315-352-0802.
Thanks for the tip. I knew it..I told my wife when she called me at work that it must be a scam. I mean; imagine, Windows calling me because of my error messages? Yeah, right! But if you heard my wife & her panic that WINDOWS TECH SUPPORT was calling, well, I'm sure she'd have been walked right through the scam trying to "help" this guy if she was better on the computer. ThankJesus she only knows google & Ma-Jong. ; {)
A heavily accented man began calling in the beginning of June and has continued to be very persistent. I was skeptical from the first call. He claims to be from Microsoft and is calling because your computer is sending error messages, which may crash and loose all of your information. He instructed me to get to my computer and he would tell me what to do to "FIX" it. I had to get him to repeat himself a few times, because his English is not very fluent, through a heavy accent. I did not take the call seriously. so I simply told him that someone else handles our computer issues and was not available. He continued to call back, the same man. For a company, such as Microsoft, it would be highly unlikely the same person would call, if you got a phone call at all. The last time he has called, I asked for a telephone number that we could reach him, when it was convenient. He was very reluctant, but finally gave me this number, 315-352-0802. I got on Google and did a reverse search, it was a scam after all. He had been calling for over 5 weeks.
Trust your instincts!