They say there the federal government and I won 9000$ but I must send them 250$ first and den they send me the money but they also need my bank account ! Why are these ppl getting away wit this ? Why we can't stop this ? Ugh it so annoying
This is a fake "computer support" company that calls. I've read about it before and never answered, but for giggles I decided to. I spoke with "Adam" - he didn't speak English very well. I told him I know this number and that he is a fraud and steals money. He said no he's not he's asked for nothing then asked me if I was close to my computer. I told him no, it's been in the closet for 2 years. He told me I had an issue on my computer that he was notified about and was calling me to correct it. I advised him that my computer is not connected to the internet and has been in the closet for 2 years and there was no way he received notification. He then told me to go to my computer (which I'm not in front of or have access to) and he'll need access to my computer to send files to correct the issue. I again told him the computer's been in the closet and this time emphasized it hasn't had electricity to it therefore there could be no issues. He tells me that he got notification that my computer and he needs to correct it. I told him I don't have access to the computer is fine. He then game me a spill of if you don't have me fix your computer now or call us back in 24 hrs later my computer won't work in 36 hours. I laughed and asked him how he was going to make that happen. He then went through the I received notification blah blah blah and then if I don't have him fix it will shut down in 36 hours... blah blah blah. By the end I said I'm good, he said my computer won't work, I said fine, he got all pissy and flustered I smiled.
Ultimately - this sounded like a guy that I dealt with when my sister's computer got a virus. It wasn't a bad virus, easy fix, but, anytime you were online it would direct you to a big warning site that the computer was infected and to call a number. It was actually different numbers, so for giggles I called them and got the same person both times. Don't remember if it was Adam, but same push. I am most likely getting these calls because I called them those times. It was months ago, but there's probably some sort of association.
Next time I'm going to go with it... but act so stupid to get anything he needs to see how long it takes for him to hang up on me. My dad's an IT guy, I've been an unoffical IT person in my departments at work, I've done tech support. I know all the fun stuff. This will be fun :)
Have been getting repeated calls from this number and finally decided to answer and tell them off. The guy didn't speak English very well but said he was from Microsoft and my computer had been hacked. Yeah right. For one thing, there's no way Microstoft would have my phone number as I've never put it on anything that I've bought, but ultimately it just sounded super suspicious. I hung up on him without waiting to hear what else he had to say.
The guy with the foreign accent said since I am a good citizen and never been to jail, the government wanted to a $9000 grant (i would never have to pay back). He knew my address and of course phone number. He asked how I wanted to receive my monies and gave me some choices (bank account, debit card or wired). I said wired, he then said someone else would call me back with the location I can pick up my monies. Then he asked my age and I said what for, well he then hung up.....SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! People don't get caught up in these scams, everyone knows the government does NOT GIVE ANYTHING AWAY FOR FREE!