this Indian gentleman stated that my windows computer has been sending him all kinds of error messages and is now going to crash. I told him - not so politely - to get off my phone, since its now 9:10pm. Said he was with Microsoft, but called from New York. Funny how that works
10:56pm phone rang and it was 718-783-8996 and it said it was from a pay phone. LOL. Well I didn't answer because I didn't think they even existed anymore.
Call from 718 783 8996 caller ID City of NY Boro. Recalled identified as "private". They know your first name and state they are calling from "Microsoft Service Center" and immediately try to get you to get on your computer. Definitely Indian (India) accent and very pushy. Allot of background noise indicative of a boiler room operation. FRAUD.
Here's a change-up. A man with an Indian accent (and much background noise) claimed to be from FedEx. He wanted to speak with one of our engineers to confirm the address on a package he'd allegedly sent. (We get this scam frequently from Magic Jack, which coincidentally phoned right before this call.) I offered to take a message, but the connection was so bad, I hung up. Then I dialed this number and got a high-pitched whine, like a fax machine.