This number has called twice today; indicating they were from the fraud division of the govt. They wanted me to call a return number to avoid further action of a law suit pending. I did not get the return number; as I have been called by several of these creeps. I will not give them the satisfaction. Later tried the above number and got an all circuits busy; and also a ring no answer. This is fraud; just using the common criminal phone number to try to get someone to bite. FRAUD!!
interesting...just had the same basic experience as the rest. thick accent, music in the background. What I found strange is that he asked for Mr Rhodes. Rhodes just happens to be my wife's maiden name...her family lives three states over....could be coincidence maybe, but weird.
We've received those scam calls where they say that your computer has a virus and they need access to it to CLEAN it. If you are gullible enough to believe these scam artists, they will have you click on this and that to give them remote access to your computer. Then they will DESTROY your computer with viruses and malware. If you want to lose all of your files and personal information to these thieves, then by all means go ahead and work with them to 'clean' your computer. You will regret it.
What should you do? Hang up. Block the number if you can. Add them to your phone's address book under SCAM. Last, but not least, REPORT THEM to www.donotcall.gov. Do it now!
THIS IS A SCAM. Read about the your-PC-is-infected-corrupted scam here http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cold-Call-Tech ... on-150170.shtml They lie about your PC sending out malware, error messages, etc., and say your PC is about to crash to frighten you into giving them remote control of your PC to fix the nonexistent problem (don't let them!). If they ask you to open the systems tab in eventvwr.msc to see all the errors, these harmless errors are *normal* for any Windows PC (mine has several and it runs just fine). Don't let them take control of your PC because they can download *real* malware, possibly a malware suite, that can spam, steal bank logins and personal info, etc. If they've remoted into your PC, the safest fix is to re-format your drive and re-install your OS assuming you have clean backups of your data. You can try scanning with various antivirus software but scanning may not find all the malware. If you don't know how, get help from friends or pay a local shop to do it. THIS IS A SCAM.
It is especially dangerous now because criminals are actively attacking unpatched Java security holes so don't let anyone into your PCs.
If you give them access sometimes they'll hide your desktop icons so you have to pay to get them back.
To get your icons back, right click on your desktop, choose arrange icons and click on Show Desktop Icons (This is for Win XP)
Have received several calls from this number. Either they ask me if I have Windows on my computer or that my software subscription has expired and I need to renew. Always ask for my number to be removed from the calling list and have to hang up because they won't take "No" for an answer.