The person told me that they have received many reports from my computer that I was having several problem and they were going to fix them...when they took control of my computer...without asking permission, I pulled the plug...I don't have a battery... I stated that the electrity went out...they called back three times...I didn't answer, but called my banks and cc companies and blocked all internet access.
I got the same call at 9 pm from "Roger Williams". Very heavy accent - hard to understand. I kept asking him what he was selling and he said there was no charge unless I needed to purchase new virus protection. He said the same thing about having the license on my computer, he was with Microsoft Tech Support and gave me a 32 digit license number. I have been trying to find out what my license number actually is...was this totally made up or what.
I knew it had to be a scam so I told him I would call him back. I was thinking it was a call made from India so I would not call back anyway. I googled the phone number and saw all of these posts so I'm glad I didn't let him on my machine.
Received call from a Kurt Williams who spoke with a foreign accent. He said he was receiving warning messages and error reports from my computer and was calling about my windows operating system and used the term CLSID. The phone number he provided for a return call was 606-843-6357.
Got a call from that number and my report is similar to the other posts below. The Microsoft rep "Jane Martin" knew the registry number of my computer. I didn't accept the offer because it sounded phony. I then had to spend the next hour deleting entries on "regedit" to eliminate all entries for "multimi" and "ammyy" that I had permitted to be installed on my computer.
This morning I called that number and talked to a man claiming to be Jane Martin. It wasn't the same person I spoke with last night. Anyway, I told them that I declined their kind offer to clean up my computer.
Received a call from 646-843-6254 said he was from Advance PC Care and his name was "Peter"
Said my computer was reported by my server as having many problems and wanted me to go to the run and type in an access code to allow him to check and repair my unit.
Told him I did not have time to work with him and hung up'
Have received several more calls that I have not answered.
These people called my elderly parents and convinced my mom that for 199.99 he would give total computer support and clean up the the problems on her computer. Called back 5 days later and told her that someone was trying to hack into her computer and for another 199.99 for a year he would take care of it. She said she wouldn't do anything until she talked to me. So he said he had to shut down her computer! I had her unplug it and when I get there in a couple days I will try to get it straightened out. The guys name was Shane Watson. Heavy accent, fake name I am sure. Really get steamed by people who prey on the elderly!!