The call came from a payphone. Left a message (woman speaking in grave tones tells me I'm being sued by the IRS and to contact them immediately at 509 587 3082) After I finally stopped laughing I blocked the number. Glad I finally bought a phone system with robust call blocking capabilities. Can't imagine living without that utility. The DNC list is a joke and unlisted numbers no longer protect us from unwanted calls.
Guy called from this number, said he was from Microsoft and there was a problem reported to Microsoft from our computer. I said "we have several" and I asked for specifics, he got rude. I asked where he got our phone number, he said it was the one used to register our windows product. I asked him to relay the IP addressed used to register the licensing software for Microsoft., as well as the licensing software. He could not verify this information, but would transfer me to a supervisor. I hung up.
Next time I'm just going to tell him I only have Mac products and that he's going to jail for being a psycho caller.
Someoe called me with a strong accent and asked me how my computer was doing? I asked "who you are looking for"? He said "you". I then asked if this is "microsoft". He then hang up on me. I called the number back on my cell display but its a not in service number. I worried now... is this a scam?
Told him the error message he was refering to was the GO [***] YOURSELF error. Took about 4 times of saying it before he says in broken english [***] you. HAHA
this is the second time nov 15th at 6:20 that i have received such a call. The person on the line both times was a male with an indian accent saying that they were from windows security. the first time i nearly fell for it until i realized he was trying to get me to give him remote access to my computer. I called the police the first time and they informed me it was a common scam. The second time i gave the would be thief a nice telling off and pressed *69 to get this number. I called it back and it said the number was disconnected. i'm contacting my local police now to report the incident.
Just got a call from 516-746-9347.
Caller said that he was calling on behalf of Microsoft, and that my computer was sending out thousands of alerts of an infection. He quoted an IP address, which may have been mine, I didn't write it down at the time.
When I pressed him, the caller said that his name was 'John Nash' from India, and worked for a company called 'Numtech', and they were Microsoft contractors.
I asked how he knew my name and phone number, since I have never given this info to Microsoft. He couldn't explain.
I asked him to call me back in 24-hours.
BTW, I didn't answer any of his questions, not even to acknowledge that I had a computer running any MS products.