Received call from "33475066983" (Note: 11 digits)
"Solomon" claiming to be an engineer from Microsoft Tech Support claimed they were receiving update notifications and wanted to walk me through repair.
Could hear other representatives in background.
Heavy accent
When I said his pitch sounded like a scam he said "You sound like a scam and hung up." lol..
I just received a call from this number. It has to be some kind of telemarketer. I picked up, heard it ring over to another line, background noise appears to be a call center of some kind. I asked a woman with a heavy accent why she was calling someone on the Do Not Call List. She said something about South Carolina, which I could not really understand. FYI, I don't live in South Carolina, and area code 334 is in Alabama. I think it may be a spoofed number.
Received call from "33475066983" (Note: 11 digits)
"Solomon" claiming to be an engineer from Microsoft Tech Support claimed they were receiving update notifications and wanted to walk me through repair.
Could hear other representatives in background.
Heavy accent
When I said his pitch sounded like a scam he said "You sound like a scam and hung up." lol..
They were actually calling my 80 year old mom who passed the phone to me. This guy, said his name was Peter, sounded like he was from India told me he was from "Windows" and had received information that showed a breach in my security software. He instructed me to go to www.teamviewer.com to download the software so he could fix the security gap. I am an IT Professional and as such I ask him he to give me specific information about the security notification and for sure he should have my MAC address, an address specific to my computer. Furthermore, since he was able to see the security error on my pc, why wasn't he contacting me email? Not sure what these guys are up to but it's deceitful.
1. They will show you some "error messages" your computer is generating (they are not real error messages).
2. They will ask to connect to your computer, so they can fix them.
3 They will ask for money to fix the problem.
4. While connected to your computer, they will install malware and possibly copy your contact list, passwords and financial data.