Got a call from a male voice identified himself as Kevin (east indian accent) as representing microsoft and was calling about a potential virus on my computer. He had me run event viewer, and indicated that the warings and application hangs listed were evidence of a computer virus. As I was sceptical from the start, I told him that I would not allow him remote access to my computer and asked him to give me the number for which he was calling so I could verify his connection to microsoft. He called from 404-410-2396 and gave me a call back number of 678-701-2737 . DON'T BE FOOLED!!!
I received a call from the above number ... 404-410-2396. When I answered, I heard a recording that said..."Goodbye". What are they trying to do... to verify that my phone number was a valid one for future misuse?
I received a call from this number (404-410-2396) today and the lady said she was a Microsoft support person and there was a virus reported from my computer. I wasn't at home so she called back later when I was and asked me to get onto my computer. She wanted me to "run" something or remote into my computer so she could show me the corrupted files and how to remove them. I hung up and my friend from IT at work confirmed it is a SCAM...checks out on Snopes http://snopes.com/fraud/telephone/microsoft.asp