The ‘Microsoft’ Phone Scam. If you receive a phone call from a person with an Indian accent claiming to be from ‘Microsoft’ or someone claiming to work on their behalf, telling you that you have a virus on your (Dell) computer which they will help you fix over the phone, It Is A Scam. Hang up the phone!
Do not let them have remote control access to your computer and do not give them any money!
I have been receiving several missed calls from this # on my cell phone, and there was never a message. I took the call last week, and a female with a Middle Eastern accent told me they were from Microsoft, and were receiving error messages from my home computer that she could fix. She asked me if I could get in front of the computer. I told her I was driving, and asked if she had # I could call her back at, and she said she would call me. She did call back later the same day, on both my cell # & home #, but I was unavailable to take the call. Again, no message was left. The same person just called back today on my cell. I told her I was at work, and I needed a ph # to call her back. Again, she said she would call me, and wouldn't leave a #. When I try calling this # back, I get the recorded message saying "this is not a working #". If this is a scam, how can this be stopped? I can see how a lot of people would fall for this.
This is a scam. They called both my cell and my home number, claiming to be a Microsoft representative. Microsoft never calls you! I actually called Microsoft and they told me that a number of their customers have been received this call scam.