these people call daily they want access to your computer I am sure they are hackers. I tell them I have to turn computer on then to please hold then I put the phone down and go about my business til I hear that they have hung up. dont let them get into your computer. whats funny is they have done this as many as 4 times in a row, If I am keeping this guy busy he is not calling someone else
I have had numerous calls from a 989 area code. These are among them: 989-683-2639, 989-729-6833, 989-683-1111, 989-696-1012 and 989-696-5248. With my caller ID, I do not answer unrecognizable numbers and let them go to my phone's answering system. No message is ever left. I have blocked 2 of them on my phone. From what I read from other postings, this is primarily a scam (probably originating off-shore) to "fix" your Windows computer. Do not answer them.
Calls from this and other numbers claiming to be MS Windows experts are always, in my case, callers with sub-continental Indian accents. I tweak their noses and tie knots in their tales but tell them nothing personal. They hang up. They come back.
Surely the telephonic bureau,the FCC, should be able to find ways to intercept these faked numbers and track the criminals that want to steal from us and take them off to places where telephone access is limited.
They are economic terrorists that could do with a visit from a drone if no other remedy is available.
You are absolutely right. The numbers are all forged and are numbers not in service at the time of the call. Tonight, 11.30 MT, I got a call purportedly from 989-683-2639. I gave the man a piece of my mind and went so far as to insult him and his integrity. He said he was going to blacklist my number. Yeah, if only!
These kinds of criminal activities go to prove that they are not all locked up - yet! With what we pay for telephone service we ought to be able to be free from such nuisances.