Like others call from Indian/Pakistan. Beaverton. Or. Heavy pressure would not stop talking, said my computer needs first said Pounds, then corrected to $ 185.00.
Told him know, he would not stop talking, said I am leaving and hung up on him.
Received identical call. I told the guy he was lying, that I was on do not call list, not to call again and that I would be filing a do not call complaint, which I have.
got home from work, opened a beer and received this call on my fiance's phone, answered and said "hello" twice, waited and heard a pause followed by a beep, then an automated voice said "GoodBye"
Just got a call from this number, claimed to be from Microsoft . Foreign speaking, couldn't understand some of it but enough to know it was a scam .. Trying to get access to your computers???
My wife was called this morning by the number. She knows better and hung up.
First here are my credentials:
Certified Information System Security Professional
Giac Security Essentials Certified
Giac Certified Forensics Analyst
Giac Certified Windows Security Administrator
Giac Certified Intrusion Analyst
I know my stuff.
1. it is possible to spoof a caller id and number, in other words, the number isn't real and most likely is being routed through the internet using voice over ip. Possible from from overseas, but it could be from anywhere. Don't waste your time reporting it to the FCC, FBI, local LE, etc. The number is fake.
2. they want you to go to a website. websites can have malicious code that execute just by loading a page. If you computer is vulnerable (not patch, firewalled) to the exploit (bad code), then the code will work. Often this is means that some has installed small program that allows an attacker to control your computer. This may be for several reasons. I'm guessing in this case to make the computer act poorly and to blackmail/trick unsavvy users into giving over credit card information. This is in the guise of buying software that will fix the computer.
3. keep your computer patched, enable ms autoupdater, use the latest browser (ie 6 guarantees malware), upgrade to a new OS(xp guarantees malware), use something like secunia psi to update applications