209-890-0456

This phone number called my Mother and said her computer was having errors and they could fix it.  They had her download something and connected to her computer and ran some configuration on her pc. Wanted her credit card number but she did not give it to them.   I am concerned and having her run microsoft security essentials virus scan right now.

This people / company say:  I call from Microsoft support , I received an error report from your computer and  they ask to connect to my computer, I don't trust in this kind of people, this people has a very strong accent and is very hard to understand. I tall them I am going to report this company, because they try to surprise the "Victim/customer" like a Microsoft support

I received a call from 559-386-9702 from a caller named JACK WILLIAMS with a foriegn accent stating that she was with a microsoft windows company and noticed that i had a malicious virus on my computer. I asked her for a phone number to return a call if we were disconnected she just kept insisting I needed to sit in front of my computer. I finally got a phone number of 209-890-0456 which is completely different then the number i received the call from. I decided to call the 559-386-9702 number back and received a recording saying the number was disconnected.. Definate scam!!!!!

THIS IS A SCAM. Read about the your-PC-is-infected-corrupted scam here http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cold-Call-Tech ... on-150170.shtml They lie about your PC sending out malware, error messages, etc., and say your PC is about to crash to frighten you into giving them remote control of your PC to fix the nonexistent problem (don't let them!). If they ask you to open the systems tab in eventvwr.msc to see all the errors, these harmless errors are *normal* for any Windows PC (mine has several and it runs just fine). Don't let them take control of your PC because they can download *real* malware, possibly a malware suite, that can spam, steal bank logins and personal info, etc. If they've remoted into your PC, the safest fix is to re-format your drive and re-install your OS assuming you have clean backups of your data. You can try scanning with various antivirus software but scanning may not find all the malware. If you don't know how, get help from friends or pay a local shop to do it. THIS IS A SCAM.

Peter Wilson called and wanted to access my computer to get to a form for me to confirm that I was who I say I am so he could refund my money that I had paid to Microsoft on Nov 4, 2011 they were going out of the malware business with Microsoft.
I receive computer fraud calls with the mention of Microsoft nearly every month.  Usually the caller wants fix the viruses on my computer before it crashes.
I asked for his number so I could call him back and he hung up.

I have moved in temporarily to help my very ill mother and she had been receiving these calls just about everyday.  These men with heavy accents, assuming like the others here, India descent.  They took my mom through the same steps as mentioned in other comments listed here but she went as far as giving them her account information so that they could deposit this so called" refund".  Immediately after, my mom checked her account and her account had been wiped out!!!!  They continue to call and I am trying to get to the bottom of this so that other elderly or trusting innocent people are not taken advantage of!  Sometimes the number on caller id shows as 20012001

I just received a call telling me they are offering student loan forgiveness. "They have sent many letters to no avail". I never received any letters nor did I apply for student loan forgiveness.

Same here.  I received the same call about an hour ago.  I called the number back and no answer.