Called my home claiming to be from Microsoft. Advised of a potential virus infection and asked me to proceed to a website that would allow the caller to link directly to my computer...advised him to get lost...
Caller did not say who is he and where he is calling from. He asked to owner of the house. I asked what is your question. He wanted to know about the mortgage. Upon my refusalt o answer this question, his resposne was "[***] Off".
Rcvd this call a few days ago, approx. Oct. 17th. Said that in March 2011 we had filled out a "ballot" or form of some sort, at a pharmacy or grocery store and that we had been selected for 5 prizes. This is an old, old, approach, reported on many blogs for years! Appears it's still going, but instead of from an 800 number or other toll-free, it is from an area code in south-central New York State. Despite this, they guy calling claimed he was in Woodbridge, Ontario. The organization he was calling from sounded very generic and very phony -- like, Ontario Centre, or something like that. He had my name, but when I denied ever having filled out such a form, he asked if I was "sure". I also mentioned there is more than 1 person with my name. (True). That was enough for him to apologize for bothering me (!!) and to say a polite "good-bye"!! A lot different from the usual.
ATTN. WEBMASTER: UNDER "CALL TYPE", WHAT DOES "SMS" MEAN? PLEASE WRITE IT IN FULL. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO CATEGORY TO COVER "PRIZEWINNER" TYPE OF CALL.
Got a call from a male today (second call from that number with a long pause after pickup) advising he was from Microsoft and there was an error with my computer and Microsoft was calling me.
Sounded like a complete scam. Didn't allow him to get into anything and I hung up.
Just rcvd a call claiming that they were in Washington DC and that have money waiting for me. Asked a series of questions and the guy never could answer my questions. The guy got upset and hung up.