They called while I was asleep and I answered without looking at the number. Some person obviously in a call center from the noise started to tell me he was from Alpha something or other and they were getting error and virus messages from my home computer. I realized it wasn't legit by then and hung up. Not sure what they would have ultimately been after but there it is...
Got seven calls today from this number and 6 others all saying I had window problems. A word of advise.....Try to keep no important info on your computer like Bank info, SS numbers, tax forms, ect, ect. If you do need to keep info on the computer I would suggest using Cypherix LE and store the info in that, its free and does offer some protection, I also use SD memory cards for my important storage of tax forms and important papers, it can be unpluged from the computer and stored in a safe place. Most poeple know this but a couple here seems to have had a close call, its almost at a point you can't trust your friends leave alone your enemies. Be very careful what you download, you may get more software than you expect and not know it till it is to late. Just trying to help and warn people, a computer can be an open book online.
They claim that error messages for a virus are being sent to their "data center" and that you can buy a software cleaning program from them to correct the problem. TOTAL scam. They couldn't tell me what the messages were, my name, my IP address, nothing. Total BS. Only looking for credit card info for a transaction. Same guy "Sam" has called from multiple ghost numbers in the past week. Don't get caught up into this scam.
The idiots called me too. I couldn't even understand the guy, his english was so broken. He was saying something about windows. When I told him I didn't know what he was talking about he asked me if I knew what a computer was! haha That's when I swore at him and hung up the phone. Jerks.