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.
I have received multiple calls from 212-654-2312 every day for about 3 or 4 weeks. It comes up as Viacom on my caller ID. Any time I have answered it is a person with an Indian accent and a poor connection. I have called them liars and theives and they still keep calling, every day. Like every other complaint they claim to be with Windows. 212-654-2312 is a non-working number so today I decided to answer and ask for a number to call back, so that I may have a valid number to report. They gave me 424-256-3700, and thats when I found this complaint page. I wish I could shot them in the face through my phone.
At least the 3rd phone call from these people, they are persistant! A woman with a thick middle eastern accent, "Annie Roger" was trying to tell me something was wrong with my microsoft computer. When I tried to get out of her where in the world did she get that onfo and my phone number, she tried to tell me that she was calling for Microsoft. It was very hard to understand her, with her heavy accent and all the shouting and loud voices behind her. She did give me the phone number 424-256-3700; which I am promptly reporting.
Also to note that she gave me an email address of technologsolutions @gmail.com.
What kind of legit Microsoft company would have a gmail account? They would love to get ahold of my email address! Don't fall for these crooks!
This exact thing just happened! same name, same call back info! SHE WANTED me to press the windows key+R and run something on my computer!!! sooooo scary! good thing my 5 month old was crying and so i told her i would call her back!
My wife got a call a 3 weeks ago on her cell phone, which is on the Do not call list, they gave her the whole story about her computer send out viruses. She went along with them, although she was suspicious, until they asked her to log on to a website. She then told them that they would need to speak to me just to blow them off and hung up.
Last week I got a call in work from the very same people about the very same thing. I told them that Microsoft would not be calling people directly about viruses on their computers (Don't we wish they where that customer oriented!). the lady told me that they where not from Microsoft but they where from Windows technical support. I then told them that Microsoft and Windows is the same company. (DUH, who don't know that!). After telling them that I thought it was strange that I had got a call the week at home about the very same thing the person on the phone said OOOOH! and hung up. (Busted!!!)
I just got another call from someone. I asked them what my IP address is and they said they don't have access to that private information. I then questioned them about calling my work number (they called on an outgoing line only) and she said the numbers come up randomly on their computers.