Called at 7:15 am. supposedly my computer was spewing malware onto the internet . Wanted me to sit at computer and press windows key and hold the r key down. Name was James Watson supposedly from Windows Tech Dept.
said was calling from the tech dept. and I had down loaded a virus. It was 715 am and wanted to know if I was sitting in front of my computer. I asked which computer he was referring to and he hung up.
Called at 7:15 am. supposedly my computer was spewing malware onto the internet . Wanted me to sit at computer and press windows key and hold the r key down. Name was James Watson supposedly from Windows Tech Dept.
My call came at 9:40 a.m. He said he was from Windows Technical. Said my computer was generating errors and that if I did not comply with his instructions they would have no choice but to shut my computer down. I asked for a call back number, and this is the number he gave. When I looked it up, I found this web page. I won't be calling him back.
Just received a call at 8:35 saying they were from Microsoft tech support and that my computer was spewing malware onto the internet. If I don't cooperate they were going to shut my computer down permanently. They also asked if I was sitting in front of the computer. When I asked how can I verify they were actually from Microsoft, they said there's a serial number that they have and the only way of knowing that is that they're from Microsoft. When I asked for the phone number they gave me this one and found this page. I tried calling back the number and there's a recording that said the number has been disconnected.