202-521-2440

I have just received a call today, at 11 AM from a man with a heavy African accent who said his name was William Steinberger and who represented the Institute for Endowment in Washington, DC.  When he said his name, I could tell it was fake.  He further said that I had won $490,000.00 and asked if I had received the letter sent to me.  I said I had not and further I asked him where he was from.  He said Philadelphia, PA.  I said no, your accent is more from a continent, say, a country named Nigeria?  He asked me why I thought he was from Nigeria, I told him he had an African accent and if he wanted to scam others he had to get someone with no accent and a better name.  I told him that Steinberger was a Jewish name and certainly did not fit an African accent!  I then noticed he clicked the phone off.  I immediately pushed * 69 and found out his phone number.  He was calling from Wash. DC all right. The number was: 202-521-2440.  Not bad for a a 73 year old senior citizen ha?

[moved from: https://800notes.com/forum/ta-1d51109f5b75276 ... -and-scam-calls]

I received a call today from this number stating I won $150,000.  They want to come to my house to deliver the check.  Supposedly the man is coming from Venezuela to give me the money.  This is a SCAM!

Received an unsolicited call from an India cell phone number- 9855126598, claiming to be a Microsoft technician who would remove viruses from my computer.  Claimed to be Kevin Williams- spoke with a heavy Indian accent.  Said he was not a selling anything.  Talked me through various clicks on my computer- can this be a security threat?  He claimed to be with pcspeedy.com and said his id is 1289.

In one word, yes! This is a scam. The only persons who should be touching your computer is you, your manufacturer, Real Windows support that you have called and/or maybe a real live tech you see face to face!

http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases ... rt-refund-scams
http://consumerist.com/2014/01/03/that-guy-on ... ably-a-scammer/
http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/avoid-phone-scams.aspx
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cold-Call-Tech ... on-150170.shtml
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/10/pecon.shtm
http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/989316
http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=13376

I just got a call from 6236436000 saying they are from Discover Fraud Prevention. This is a fraud call.

A recorder said I win some money pres # to follow directions the call # is 1 210 492 5679

at 8:45 on 12/09 "Peter" from Jersey City, NJ (who had a thick Indian accent)  said he worked for Windows Refund Dept and he would refund me $399 on my credit card from a transaction that occurred on 07/01/2015.