i received a call from this number tonight, man with a thick accent telling me he was calling from microsoft and that i had "errors" on my computer and that i needed to let him into my system to fix it. this was fishy because both of my copies of windows are registered to me...not who he asked for. when i started asking questions because i knew something wasnt right he began raising his voice at me. i asked to speak with a supervisor. when i spoke to the supervisor he stated the same information that there was an error which needed to be fixed by letting them into my question. so i asked....if there is a problem with my computer that you know about, why not save time, tell me what the problem is and i can fix it myself. then he hung up on me.
i received a call from this number tonight, man with a thick accent telling me he was calling from microsoft and that i had "errors" on my computer and that i needed to let him into my system to fix it. this was fishy because both of my copies of windows are registered to me...not who he asked for. when i started asking questions because i knew something wasnt right he began raising his voice at me. i asked to speak with a supervisor. when i spoke to the supervisor he stated the same information that there was an error which needed to be fixed by letting them into my question. so i asked....if there is a problem with my computer that you know about, why not save time, tell me what the problem is and i can fix it myself. then he hung up on me.
I received a call very similar to the one described above. A man with a very thick accent called and said that he was calling from "Windows Security Centre" because there were errors on my computer. I knew right away that this was a scam because I have a Mac, and don't run Windows on the computer. I hung up on him.
This number is also mastercard scam number verifying your information - do not confirm anything and report the call to Antifraud Centre.ca or 1-888-495-8501
I've recieved two calls from this number. They man said he worked for Microsoft and was responding to recent errors. It was pretty obvious that this was a scam, and the man really cannot communicate well in English. I reported them to Microsoft and the Canada Anti-Fraud Centre.
Called my house today five times. Thick indian accent. After I swore at him and hung up he kept calling back saying he was abused.
He's called saying he can see viruses on my computer and that He could fix them. He also called claiming to be from Visa/MasterCard and that there was a misprint on my bill. Funny I don't even have a credit card. He's been calling for months. I finally blocked the number. I'm unsure if it will work though. Hopefully. After I used a lot of choice words and threatened to call the police he yelled "[***] you [***]!". I love that I was able to piss him off. :D I managed to string him along and waste his time for 20mins.