Same thing, got a call at 12:am got me out of bed. I said do you know what time it is? He says , yes mam but ths is very important ...etc. I asked for his number and name, James.
same thing; guy said his name was "Jackie Johnson" told me all about my computer being hacked... --caller id showed unknown caller/ I asked for his phone #. Interesting because the phone # he called me on is not even associated with my computer or ISP. *69 cannot identify his number. I told him to call 1-888-earthlink and report it to them...
Received FOUR calls today from MARTIN PARKER who said he was from Windows and they detect a hacker on my computer. He wasn't very friendly and didn't like that I was asking him questions to verify who he was and rambled his spill SO FAST. He just kept saying i need you to go to your computer and do what I say. I told him I couldn't so I could get off phone. I asked his number so I could check him out. I searched online and saw many others were getting the same thing
My caller was very insistent. Her name was Rachel, and worked for "Windows Support Center" she was claiming that I had many viruses on my machine, and that if I didn't do what they said my machine would stop working within 3 hrs. She read the license of my Windows Install to seem more legitimate. She wanted me to install a program which would allow them to remote in and have access to my machine so they could remedy the issue. To try and point out the errors my machine was having she pointed to me where Windows logs errors. My Windows did have about 24,000 errors but the logs didn't really read anything out of the ordinary. Anyway I refused to give them access to my machine, it's a day later and everything seems fine. I did hang up on them because they were very persistent, in telling me that I needed to do what they were saying, and that they were just trying to help me. I did receive a call back immediately which I ignored.
I got a call last night from a guy calling himself Martin Parker--Indian accent. Said my computer had several dangerous viruses-he said he knew my account number because he was with windows. I didn't believe him. He gave me to his manager, Mike Williams.They gave me a phone number to call back and they answered that it was Microsoft Support and it was Stephen Parker who answered the phone. Another Parker. I didn't believe him but kept letting myself get sucked in-they started asking personal and financial information. I was getting panicky, hung. I called my real computer support system and they had me turn everything off, wait and turn it back on. They they checked everything and put McAfee back on. Mike had taken it off of my computer before I got off. - My real computer support is watching everything. My bank knows, etc. There is a fraud alert out for my case. I should have trusted my gut. ---Mike called back this morning like nothing had happened. I told him I was leaving and would call him back later. Now I'm doing what needs to be done.