Guy named Mike (thick Mumbai accent) called and identified my husband's name and phone number as associated with Windows PC program we purchased from Microsoft. A bit scary that this information can leave the hands of Microsoft to a 3rd party?!
We also are on the DO NOT CALL list, but that's managed by the FTC and about as empty as the No Child Left Behind act - - they both sound great, but there's nothing effective nor sustainable about either one.
Got a call from 424-256-3700 and sounds real similar to what everyone else is dealing with. It ended up being two Indian men. They called me saying that they were from Microsoft and that I had recently received a virus in my browser and they needed to reroute my IP address once and then twice to make sure. The accent on the first guy was soooo terrible that they thought they were sly and would switch off and I wouldn't notice. I asked for their call back number and I would call them back. He gave me too an american name "Brad Wilson", Yeah right. I then asked what department in Microsoft they were calling from and the idiot put his hand over the receiver and asked his friend "What department from Microsoft are we calling from?" I immediately asked him you work security for Microsoft, yet you don't even know what department you are calling from. I told him "Nice try chump, but I'm too smart for that game". Where there's smoke, there is fire people. Don't be affraid to call them out.
Just received a call from a "Daniel Brown" who said my personal information was being leaked on the internet and that he could fix it. He wanted me to install a remote desktop application (www.ammyy.com) that would give him complete control of my computer. I asked him what company he worked for and the phone number. He said he worked for Windows and the phone number was 424-256-3700. This a huge scam! I'm a software engineer and wanted to see how far he would take the call. I finally told him I would call him back. Just want to inform everyone of this threat.
Can only confirm the information of all the people called above. My caller was 'Robin Goodwin'!? Had a hard time understanding his heavy Indian (!?) accent. But also gave number to call back: 424-256-3700.