Got a call from this number, heavy Indian accent. Said he was with a security company and my computer keeps on sending spam messages to their business. Asked me to go to my computer immediately and he would guide me through the proble...........ya sure, cold day in hell before that happens. Told him I would call him back tomorrow and to give me his phone number. He gave me 18885774003. Haven't dialled it and don't plan to........such a scam.
Just received a call from this number. It says its from Michigan. They wanted to talk to me about my computer. I told him to stop calling me and I hung up. This person could barely speak English.
Got this call and the woman with heavy accent said she was some security outfit and my computer had a number of hidden viruses. Now since I am A+ and Net+ certified I have been wanting to get one of these that have gotten around my blocked numbers. I just acted extremely concerned and not real computer savvy. She had me go through steps and asked what I see and I gave her some off the wall answer. Finally she had some guy get on the phone and talked me through a bunch of steps then said yes you have viruses and his tech was going to have to have access to my computer to help. At that point I said stop right there I just want to tell you and at that point he quickly hung up. :) I kept them going for 18 min just to waste their time and hopefully that will be a few less that got called during that time. :)
The man with a thick Indian accent said they have info about my computer having downloaded a virus. I asked if they were with Microsoft and he said no but are are an authorized something something. I acted like I was following his instructions until I played a Youtube video with farting noises. He was even resilient enough to stay on the line a few seconds after that!
My son just received a call - call display showed 616-502-8489. The caller said his name was Allan Parker, Senior Technical Advisor with ZATEsecure. Told my son that with the recent YAHOO hack that his computer was compromised. He instructed my son to go to a DOS prompt screen then told him he needed a shield installed and that our anti-virus was outdated then asked for a credit card number. At that point, my son became suspicious, told the caller he would have to call me for my credit card number and the caller held on the other line while my son called me. he provided my son with a reference ID number and call back number of 1-888-577-4003. I instructed him to shut down right away and hang up on the caller. I phoned our computer manufacturer to confirm my suspicions and it was a 100% scam to get our credit card info.