212-000-3459

Between 2 calls I milked them for about 2 hours of their time.  I don't know what number they called from, but was given 888 458-9001 ext 11083 to call when I ummmm....  get a credit card so they can charge me $229.99 for their service.
Using false, misleading, misrepresentation and out right lies to gain control of your computer.  Upload at least 1 outdated program to your desktop on the sly and after that <shrug>.  Likely install/run that outdated utility but the ultimate goal is to get your credit card information to charge you for fixing your computer and keep it running like a rocket.

Oh...  and when you are looking at those errors and warnings in your event viewer that are "eating up your hard disk memory", you don't EVER, under ANY circumstances want to click on any of those warnings or errors because this will "ruin your computer"!  I find it strange however, that during this whole ordeal they never once tried to sell me the Brooklyn Bridge.

This very thing happened to me a little over a year ago.  It wasn't from this number, but they did the same thing.  I had recently purchased a new computer and they said there was a possible virus in the on-board software.  They had me go look deep into computer files for a specific file.  Then they told me to do some stuff, but that's where I drew the line.  I asked how I knew if this wasn't a scam.  The thick-accented east indian male said it definitely wasn't a scam and if I didn't do what he told me, my new computer would be garbage.  I told him I was going to call someone to come and look at it.  I called a local IT company and they came over and looked, as I had written down everything the scam caller told me.  This was one of the first instances of this type scam.  I looked up the caller ID number and it came back to a legitimate business in Canada.  I sent them an email and told them what had happened and that the number traced to their company.  I said it was possible one of their employees were using their business phone to make scam calls.  They checked it out and said they didn't think it was an employee and thanked me for letting them know.  Since then, I have received a few more of those calls, but just say something rude to them and hang up once I find out what they are up to.  This scam was featured on the national news, I believe on CBS, several months ago.  Absolutely don't waste your time listening to them.  They can sound very convincing to a novice computer user.

Just got a call from this same number.  Answered the phone and a woman who I could not understand started telling me it appeared I had this type of computer, etc. that when you are online and download or visit websites, you more than likely contracted a virus, and at no cost to me, if I could turn my computer on, she would remove this virus for me.  I patiently listened and when she was done with her speech, I politely asked her "do you really think I'm that stupid" to which she had no reply.  I then told her to take me off their call list and hung up.  Unfortunately, there are a lot of people out there who fall for this type of scam.  I really wish they would go after these scammers.  They never do and so they just keep on scamming, with absolutely no consequences!  Unreal.

There isn't any TECHNOCURA.com only on facebook

How stupid can you people be. It is a SCAM. There is NO WAY he can see
your network.

Jeff, you are too stupid to own a computer.
Lisa, equally - you too.

The black screen is your DOS shell and the white letters are set by default.
You'll need to do a format - reinstall your operating system, likely Windows.

Real tech's don't just call and tell you there is a problem. We wait for you to call
us.

To whom can we report these calls? And is there some action that should be taken to protect ourselves such as a change of passwords, etc, even though we have not talked to them.

it same MO as all the rest of them here

Got the call - didn't answer. Learning to avoid these [***].
No message left of course.

I am on the do not call list!

Like previous recipient, rec'd a call from a male suggesting I had malicious spyware problems.  Actually, he called me 4 times after I hung up on him.

At 3pm CT my office phone rang. The called ID showed New York 1-212-000-3459. As soon as I answered the call...he started right in. A thick Indian accent telling me that he was calling me because my window 7, xp, or me computer had issues. His name was Nigel Wright from One Stop Solutions. (I had this call before and knew exactly what it was) He asked if I had a computer...his call volume wasn't very loud so I thought I would "play with" guy a little. I said Nigel...you are very faint...you will need to speak up. He tried and it was a little better. I interrupted him again and said "Nigel" are you using a headset to talk to me?" He said "yes I am". I said well you are still very faint...you need to pick up and use your handset. He fumbled a little and picked up the handset. He was still a little faint..but decided to let him move on. He started again saying that Chaska (the city I live in) told them that 20% of the computers in the city has issues. I interrupted him and asked him to clarify...I responded "You are telling me that my City call you and said my PC had a problem>" he said "yes they did...in fact they said 70% of the computers had issue (interesting that the percentage increased from 20% to 70%)....he continued...and I interupted him again and asked to clarify his name..."you said it was Nigel" and " you are from India"...he told me that he worked for a outsourced company ...bla bla bla...so I interrupted him and asked him what city he was in...he said India. I said no...what city....I said "I have employees that work in Hyderabad and Bangalore (two cities in India)...he stumbled for a bit and finally said Calcutta (Kolkata) muttered some more and said Mumbai...ok so  I let him continue. I knew the next step was to take me into the Administratve Event Viewer...but I let him tell me how to get there. He said " I will take you there with the keyboard...do you see the c t r l key (spelling out the letters). I told him that I didn't see a c t r l key but I did have a control key (yes is know the CTRL  key is the control key) but it was fun to play with him. We got into the logfile via the event manager. He asked me if a saw a "red circle with a cross in it" I said no but I see a red circle with a "!" (exclamation mark) in it. He "what's that" ...know that he wanted me to say it says "error" next to it....I said and exclamation mark is a vertical line with a period under it. he again said what is it...I said...do you mean the red circle...he said yes....I said a red circle is like square, except that the corners are round and it has the color red inside. (I know he wants me to say "error" as that is what the icon is for...but I won't do it. We go thru the red circle scenario a couple of times...and he switches tactics and asks if I see a yellow triangle with a cross in it. I say sure...he asks "what is it". I say do you mean the yellow triangle? and he said yes...what is it. (I know he wants me to say error...but I won't). I answer his and say a yellow triangle is a shape that has three sides, has a flat bottom and a point at the top. He said right, what is it? So again I say...a yellow triangle is like a square with the top line removed and the side pushed to the center until the line meet and form a point and it has the color yellow in it. We do this dance a couple of times and again he changes tactics and askes me "are there a lot of them?" I ask "what is a lot?" He replies "like 20 or 30 of them." I waited a couple of seconds and exclaimed "good grief...there must be over 200 or 300 of them!!!" Of course this thrilled him. I am sure that he must have felt that he finally made a connection with me...for sure I would understand that my PC was totally infected. He then told me that because I had so so many infections...he would have to transfer me to a "senior technician" because he could only fix 20 - 30 issues. The phone fumbles a couple of time and Tony Wright (note the last name) gets on the call. He begins to read his prepared script and I interrupt him. I say..."Tony, Tony...is your name Tony Wright?" He says "Yes it is" and gets ready to start again...but I interrupt him again and say "Tony Wright, so are you the brother of Nigel?" He is confused so I ask him again "Are you the brother of Nigel?" He is confused still so I say "You and Nigel have the same last name of Wright." He now understands and says he is not Nigel's brother. I say..."Oh you just have the same last name." He says yes and starts his script again...I interrupt again again and ask him "is Wright a very common name in India" He is confused and not sure where to go with that and tries to start his script again...I let him continue on. He asks if I see all the issues listed in my "event viewer" again I exclaim "Yes! There are hundred of them!!" He begins again..but of course I interrupt him again...and say "you mean these ones in the "log file"...he says "yes, do you know what they are?"  he asks again. I say do you mean what a log file is...so I proceed to tell him what a log file is. "A log file is the file to which a computer system writes a record of its activities." He isn't sure what to do with that answer and is silent a bit more....so I say"you know, a log file where applications also write information about the processes it is running and also places a record of any errors or excepts is has as it processes the computer application code." Again he not sure what to say next...so I say " did you also know that a computers OS...I mean "Operating System" (I say that very slow emphasizing each syllable...He starts to say some thing. but I begin to interrupt him again...but I never get any farther because he finally hangs up the call on my.    Not bad I was able to keep them on the phone for about 45 minutes. The longest I kept one of these guys on the phone was 4.5 hours (it was a support person from AOL). You can thank me that by keeping them on the phone for 45 minutes....it meant that they could call you during that time! You are Welcome

I got a call from this number today. He wanted me to allow him access to my computer, I hung up on him. He called back 2 minutes later and when I refused to allow him access to my computer he started to argue with me. I called Time Warner who carries my telephone and internet and they were of no help at all. Time Warner referred me to the local police department who referred me back to Time Warner. I have unhooked the phones so I get peace and quiet. That is what cell phones are for.

just got a call from this number,a lot of background noise and he stated that there is a problem with Windows, and I asked him if I had signed up for something from his company to get such a call, and he couldn't answer me, I said that I don't know him or what he is trying to sell and I hung p.

Have gotten this scam call a number of times over the past few weeks.  As they will just talk over you when you tell then to stop calling, I just tell them their 'mother f*cks untouchables', or if you want to be able to swear at them in Hindi, take a look at this site -

http://www.insults.net/html/swear/hindi.html

I've found swearing at them in their own language can rattle them.

I got a call this morning from Unknown 1 (212) 000-3459 I picked up .. no answer.. 7:45 this evening I get a second call.. As I pick up I said, I bet there's no one there again.. Surprisingly I was wrong. what sounded like a young East Indian man started to speak .. Mentioning the company he was calling from ( didn't catch it as his accent was so thick) he goes on to tell me I have a computer with Windows 7 ...I reply with Yes! I already know that He then tells me it has problems... .. I ask Where are you calling from ?? he answers most confused with the name of the Company he's working for .. I say No Geographically , Where are you calling from? he says We are an offshore company with our US office in NY ... Ok I say once again WHERE are YOU calling from .. India he replies.. I reply with Have a nice evening and take my name off your list ... As there is no need to be rude right lol... ..

same thing, stong indian accent.  wanted to know about my operating system on my computer, just said no thanks and hung up.

I just got a call from this same phone number as you guys.  212-000-3459.  He said he was from Windows Operating System and wanted me to give me info from my computer.  When I asked him where he was from again, he dodged the question and told me to just go to my computer and that he would guide me along.  Yeah right!!  I sarcastically asked him if he wanted my id and passwords.  I mean, how dumb do people think we are?!  

I TOTALLY let him have it.  This is such a scam.  I hope people aren't giving these people their info.  Urgh!!!

Where can I report this and to who?  This is so wrong.

I reported this phone call to the following...

https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/

i just got a call from 3459 (thats how it shows on my phone) at 1 30 in the am i was asleep so when i woke and saw missed call i tried to call it back and got a please check your number and dial again...hmmm werid glad i looked this up on the internet

Same crap 212 000 3459. I answered the phone by saying Interpol internet investigations may I help you? Click! They havent called back since.