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Accent from India. Tried to tell me that my brand new computer is at risk and that I need to do something with Microsoft Windows . When someone says "now listen to me ma'am" in a stern voice....I'm done! I told him that this is a "scam" and that I am reporting the number.

Person first call said Novotel called 3 more times to say they were Microsoft tech support..
Said he was blocking my computer and got angry when I asked for supervisor...very much
A scam!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you expect anything to be done?  Get a phone system that allows you to block numbers, and move on with your life.

Call screened; no message.  I do not answer ANY calls unless I know who it is.  My understanding is that if nothing else, there are people paid to simply locate active numbers and when you answer or call back, it simply confirms it is a working number.  I also tell people I do business with that if they do not leave a message or show the appropriate name on the ID screen, they risk getting their number blocked.

This same man with an Indian accent has called our home repeatedly. Just hung up on them the first couple times, but after daily calls I figured I'd have a little fun and jerk them around. On one call, the guy started cussing me out after I called him a liar, so I asked what his name was and asked to speak to his supervisor. He told me his name was Steve Jobs. Apparently our HP computer with Windows is in such bad shape, the Apple guy called from beyond the grave to warn us. I couldn't stop laughing but managed to tell him to pick a new name for next time and preferably someone still living.

This number calls several times a day, always with "name not found".  Nobody ever speaks on the other end.  AT&T unable to block the number, which is usual with them.  I know it's a scam, there is no rea code 247 in the U.S.

This is total bulls**t! I told this sand n****er I know that it's a scam and not to call back! Didn't even give him a chance to respond and hung up. SCAM! SCAM! SCAM!

Got a call from this guy saying that he was from the windows company and that my computer was infected. He asked me to sit down at a computer and get ready to write things down. I told him in no uncertain terms to not ever call back. This was the sixth call he has made and he was very threatening to my Mom during the last phone call. He told her, "I'm going to keep calling you."

Just got my first call this evening at 5:14 PM and knew immediately when I saw the number it would be a scammer calling. I just wanted to see if I could learn enough to warn others and have a short bit of fun, then told the woman to transfer me to a call center in America, but she transfers me to a man with the same kind of accent, so I told both of them about their butts and hung up, rebooted my laptop then came back online to do a search on the telephone number from these scumbags.

As with any number I don't know I let it roll over to my machine. Left no message. In checking the number it lead me to this site. Caller now blocked.

I got a call from this phone # at 11:34 AM ET and the man proceeded to tell me to "do whatever you want" when I told him I would call the cops and that I was nothing but a " f#%@# fool"...............

I wish these people would leave me alone,tired of them calling me. It s always about my computer and there is nothing wrong with ny computer i think it is a big scam

Number just called 1:39PM,hubby answered and a male with an accent claimed to be from Microsoft,hubby said nothing and hung up on them!

This same number called a few mins ago (7/2/15) and not recognizing it, I let it go to the answering machine. No message. Looked it up here.
What a bunch of scamming losers.

c baker is COMPLETELY right.

They will have you start the "Event Viewer" log in Windows. (start / run eventvwr). They will show you "proof" from your event logs of "your infection" and you will see MANY ERRORS and WARNINGS listed in this even viewer. This is normal. It DOES NOT prove you are infected.

Once you see the events, they will ask you what you do when you browse the internet and ask if you go to Facebook or shopping websites. When you admit you do, they will tell you that you have been visiting insecure sites and you are infected. Their next step, which I did not get to do (more later), is to advise you that they can fix it for you but you have to provide a credit / debit card for the service.

DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY payment information at all! They are thieves and prey on people that do not know better.

When the "tier2 tech" asked me about my browsing purposes (shopping, Facebook, etc) I let him know that I know his game, that I have worked in the IT industry for 20 years. When he realized he was caught, he started calling me names and became very hateful and belligerent.

Microsoft does not make calls like this. Please protect yourself. PLEASE DO NOT FALL FOR THEIR SCHEME!

My grandmother keeps getting the calls from this number. I've told them before I do not have a computer, we have hung up on them and now because I told them to take my number off, I was called a Mother beep! Which I replied something not so nice either. They want to play, I will keep them on the line pretending to access my computer and rack up their phone bill. I would recommend this to anyone who is getting calls from these jerk because eventually  they will figure out people caught on.

Update: To anyone getting calls from this number, it is strongly recommended to call the Federal Trade Commission. They have a few reports on this number and stated that they once they receive numerous complaints they will take action. The Federal Trade Commission can be reached at 1-877-382-4357.

Person asked for my husband and my daughter said he isn't around so I called them back and he said he never called me. I said I got your number off caller ID and u just spoke to my daughter 30 sec ago. He said he doesn't know what I'm talking about. Obvious scam.

Periodically get calls from these yahoos, they made the mistake of saying they needed to help me with my personal computer, which was infected with a virus (ha) -- I asked which one, I have 5, he said my windows computer, I said OK, which one, there are 4 of those.  Then I told him him if he thought for one second, I was going to let him remote into my pc or laptops, i'm not that stupid. He cussed and hung up.

these guys saved my computer twice now. a guy showed me how messed up it was. it cost me $250 each time, but at least i didn't have to buy a new one.