I got a call from 607-734-9187 tonight. Heavily accented East Indian sounding voice.
He asked for me by name: "Are you Mr. *****?"
Said something about Microsoft and that I had downloaded viruses or something. He then asked if I wanted him to access my computer to get rid of them. I told him no thanks and hung up.
Some Indian guy called to say I had really fast acting viruses in my computer and he would guide me into getting rid of them. Mispronounced my name and said he was from Microsoft. Checked my computer and said I had no notices telling me I had problems. He said just type what I tell you and I will show you where the problems are. I said I don't know you, you could be Donald Duck with an Indian accent, you could say you are Bill Gates, you could.... He hung up. Don't even answer when you get any calls from this number. I am going to contact the media and try to get them to do a story on this.
I just got a call from this number. A girl with an Indian accent and said there is a virus in my computer and she is calling from Microsoft. I said to her that there isn't anything wrong with my computer so she said trust me there is a virus in ur computer. While I was listening to her- I called the number from my cell phone n it says that this number is not in service. I already knew this was a scam call but I wanted to make sure. I finally just hung up on her. This was the number she called from 6077349187.
Also got a call from this number but it was a female not male and was claiming she was from windows and needed to fix my computer as i had worms so its justed not men calling from this number
watch out for scam callers! I am in Ottawa, Canada and just received a call from a man with heavy indian accent. Claimed that my computer had serious and malicious virous. He was from "windows". I of course hung up and followed up on the incoming number. Seems like this is a line used to scam ppl...
[10:36:51 AM] Noël Latour: Here is the info on it...
[10:37:01 AM] Noël Latour: (607) 734-9187
Phone Type: Land Line
Location: Elmira, NY