I get a call from these folks at least twice a week I like to play along with them and tell them, it's about time you called, I leed them on, once they catch on I'm that messing with them they hang up. They want access to my computer lol ya Right!!! Here's my Ssn too!!!
These people have been calling my mom saying they are from Windows and trying to get her to do something on her computer. She's 72 and didn't understand what they were saying, so she gave them my number. I received a call this morning and immediately started asking questions about the company calling and where they received my mother's information initially. The foreign caller had no answers so I told him not to call my mother or me anymore and hung up. He immediately called back and I was quite rude and told him to never call again. After about 30 seconds the phone rang again and I let it go to voice mail. The same foreign-speaking man who called the first two times left a very agressive voice mail message telling me to PICK UP THE PHONE NOW! Creepy.
Consider getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $50.00 or so.If its a cell phone, some already have call blocking, if not, there are free apps on the web that will work for some. You can google this. If you have a smart phone, there is a free app called call control. Iphones appear to have apps also. Another one is called Mr. Number.
This is a scam to gain access to your computer for what ever information they can steal and possibly download virus or keyloggers or maybe even use a computer as a zombie spammer.
The only persons who should be touching your computer is you, your manufacturer, Real Windows support that you have called and/or maybe a real live tech you see face to face!
Just received a call on my cell phone like others have posted. A guy with a very heavy accent did not even say hello. He launched right into the spiel about being a Windows technician, so I immediately hung up and set my phone to reject any other calls.
I just got my 1st call from this "phake windows tech guy telling me "they're getting a lot of error messages from my computer."
I said, "COOL!!!! IT WORKS!!! " and hung up.