Lou I think it's a scam. got a call today, the man said he was from Microsoft the engineers said I have a serious glitch in my computer. Hit 1 to talk to them...I hung up. Scammers already got me good three weeks ago then wanted me to go to Walmart with $400.00 and get a money order and send to Juan (they said they were from Avast tech) I tract the phone # and it was from India..The bank told me that # was on the scam list. My computer was darn near toast. SO angry at them AND myself for being so trusting I have been called 6 more times from that group....I hang up with a few well chosen words . I really think this is the same group, different approach, They never use the same phone numbers.twice. They have been reported
Lou I think it's a scam. got a call today, the man said he was from Microsoft the engineers said I have a serious glitch in my computer. Hit 1 to talk to them...I hung up. Scammers already got me good three weeks ago then wanted me to go to Walmart with $400.00 and get a money order and send to Juan (they said they were from Avast tech) I tract the phone # and it was from India..The bank told me that # was on the scam list. My computer was darn near toast. SO angry at them AND myself for being so trusting I have been called 6 more times from that group....I hang up with a few well chosen words . I really think this is the same group, different approach, They never use the same phone numbers.twice. They have been reported
Internet security 101: 1 Never give control of your computer to someone you do not know. Especially if they have an Indian or Pakistani accent.
2 Never wire money to someone you do not personally know.
This is the second call today that I received from this company telling me that my computer was sending them error messages. They were from two different numbers, with the same message. I hung up on both of them. The ID was Texas but one of the callers had such a heavy foreign accent I could hardly understand her so I thought the call may have been coming from India. Also, these calls came in just after I was called by my Visa company telling me my account had $10,000 of fraudulent charges. I had to destroy my old card and have a new one, but someone is still trying to make charges. Visa has removed the charges and are investigating. Coincidence???