206-445-6235

It's the "your computer is infected and I can fix it" scam.  Aside from regretting answering, I'm sorry I didn't use the phone that I can slam down onto the receiver when I hung up on him.

Caller sounded as if he was from India!  He kept saying "hello" but I said nothing back and hung up.

No answer.

Guy with a really thick Indian accent claimed my computer had been registering a lot of error messages this week. Strange, since I've been laid up and hadn't used it much the past week.

Educational post:
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http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts_rev.html

Remember to return here, to 800notes.com, after you look at any of the information at that site, either to post more information, or to let us know you avoided the scam, or to read any further information about that number that others may post.

Thick Indian accented guy claiming my PC sent message that it was infected.  Asked him if he was Microsoft and he spoke around the subject.  After few minutes, he started insulting me and stated that there was nothing I could do about it.???
Not very professional.

I have heard about this scam so when he called and asked for the owner of the computer in the house I told him what he was doing was illegal and criminal.  He protested and I hung up

Person with think Indian (eastern Indian) accent said some really rude things about someone in my family.

Keep getting calls from solicitors for drugs, etc...

Called telling me my computer was infected and he could fix it, all I needed to do was turn on my computer.  I told him he was a scam artist but he kept arguing with me that I needed to let him help me.  I kept telling him there was nothing wrong with my computer and he needed to leave me alone.  I hung up on him only to pick up the phone a few seconds later and he was still on the line.  Heavy accent.

Keep getting calls from this #...... silence and then a 'Good Bye'. Caller I.D. says it is from S.Washington.

Caller called, sounded as if from India.  Said that there was a problem with my windows, and asked me to sit in forn of my computer. I told him he was a waste of space and that he shouldn't waste his time scamming people.  Then he told me that he had naked pictures of my wife and offered e 200 to f*ck her.  Real nice.  Here i thought those people had manners.

nov 14 1215 pm theres aproblem with my computer, its sending error messages, please go to your computer and we can work on it together. caller female with east india accent, said her name was christine cooper. i told her i was busy and said i would phone back. she left #8326990012. has to be a con job of some sort.

"oh my gawd" when I said You are a Scammer...   HAHAHA.   Asked for a supervisor, he said he was.  I said you aren't smart enough to be a boss.  "I am too", he said....  Sheesh  (
So I put the phone on speaker and let him hang out while I continued working and talking to my grandchildren.  

Robo caller
Scammer
Blocked and reported

These creeps keep calling either hang up or say there is something wrong with my computer. I keep a whistle next to the phone and blast them. It's mean but so are they. Maybe once they go deaf they will stop using the phone.

why would a multi-BILLION dollar conglomerate allow this to CONTINUE without spending every available resource to stopping/prosecuting these scum? microsoft is GLOBAL. they can "gather" information that law enforcement can't/won't. as long as this scam has been going on it sure makes me wonder why microsoft haven't been able to trace a corrupt "organization" using it's "trademarked/registered/copyrighted" name?

>> why would a multi-BILLION dollar conglomerate allow this to CONTINUE without spending every available resource to stopping/prosecuting these scum?  <<

Easy answer.
They expect people who bought their product to have some intelligence ... at least enough intelligence to recognize the scam, and avoid being scammed, since warnings about the scam have been posted at Microsoft, Government, and many private sites.

In other words, they expect people to use their own resources ... of course, if you do not have the resources / intelligence to avoid the scam, you apparently need a LOT of hand-holding!