510-246-8283

Just received a call from a gentlemen with a foreign accent, stating I am entitled to a federal grant of $9000 and I do not have to pay back. I said stop calling this is a scam. He advised me to go on there website. I hung up

A man with very strong Indian accent claiming they 're US Federal Department, "very grand grand grand problem" saying my account own debt.  WTF

Received a call stating "You have been selected to receive a one time government grant for $9,000"  was instructed to call the Department of Treasury at 206-596-0729 which is a Seattle, Washington number.  I did not apply for a grant and last I knew the Department of treasury was in Washington D.C.  which is a 202 area code.

A man in a noisy call center with a heavy Indian accent asked for me by name and asked me to verify my mailing address.  He claimed that I had been awarded a $9,000 government grant.  I said, 'Great! Send me the money!'  He asked if I wanted to know why I had been selected.  I said I don't care; just mail me the check.  He said he couldn't do that.  I said if the money has been awarded to me, then it's mine; send it.  He said, sorry I can't do that.  I said 'fine,' and hung up.

Been getting calls from this number for a couple of weeks now they are calling my cell phone several times a day sometime back to back it is very annoying, plus the leave no message. I just don't answer the call from this number.

wanted to give me $9,000 dollars

Got a call middle eastern guy saying I've been awarded 9000$ once in a lifetime award.  All I had to do was go register with Walmart which cost $100.  I asked him who he works for he says the US Federal Grants Department!  Yeah ok! Nothing's free!

called me told me he lost his virginity to me and he said i should take the responsibility lol. Crazy

No voice

Got a call and silence. I usually hang up on those kinds of calls rather quickly.  I get 3 or 4 spoof calls a day. It's ridiculous. They all have accents.

Someone called "from microsoft" to tell me my computer had been hacked by foreign sources and it was imperative that I fix this immediately. They gave me 3 different numbers;  510-246-8560, 1-888-216-1868, 1-888-926-1644. Said they were from MS, then transferred me to someone "from Google", phone said "Genius", they told me to make the check payable to "Radius Solutions". Was on the phone for HOURS, VERY high pressure sales tactic, I got too suspicious to go thru with the transaction.

They worked for a long time on my computer, using what looked like free apps I could have found myself online. Wanted to charge me $245 for this service. Kept switching me to different people.

You let them into your computer?  Bad news, very, very, very, very bad news.

 
Thanks to Slim, another registered poster here and computer whiz:

Since the scammers accessed the computer, they probably did one or more of the following:
• Disabled the anti-virus software
• Added nasty malware to the computer
• Copied the Contact List (so they can spam/email your soon-to-be ex-friends)
• Copied any financial data or passwords they could find
• Compromised your ID on Facebook or other social site(s), and perhaps on shopping sites.
• "Zombied" the computer, so it would respond to THEIR commands sent via internet
• Deleted some important files
• Asked for money to repair the damage they caused

What can you do immediately after such an attack?
1.  Pull the cables on the computer, or otherwise disable it, so it cannot access the internet.
2.  Change ALL  passwords stored on the computer.
3.  Run FULL malware scans on the computer, in "SAFE" mode!
4.  Change the passwords again, particularly if the malware scans showed anything.
5.  Inform your bank and credit card companies.
6.  Sign up for credit monitoring, and check the status frequently
7.  Backup non-executable personal, data files to an external storage device.  (Executable files might be infected).
8.  You may have to bring the computer to a local repair shop, and tell them the story.
9.  Tell friends what happened, so they can be aware of strange emails from you.
10.  Connect to the internet only AFTER all the above have been done.
11.  Change the passwords on all online accounts.  Even better - access a "safe", uninfected  computer, and change your online account passwords RIGHT NOW.

NOTE:
If your computer set a "Restore Point" while it was infected, any "System Restore" you make will re-infect your computer.  Suggest you delete any potentially infected restore points and avoid setting such restore points until after your computer has been thoroughly cleaned!

You fell for one scam, and might be susceptible to others mentioned on this site:
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts.html
Read that info to educate and help protect yourself!

Honest computer companies do NOT cold-call people, or cause popups from websites to tell them their computers need fixing!

Some scammers even have websites, and falsely advertise they are associated with popular software packages or computer companies; so do NOT believe a "we will fix your computer remotely" site, and allow them access to your computer!

Read the info at these links.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cold-Call-Tech ... on-150170.shtml
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0346-tech-support-scams

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/portal/mmpc/shared/ransomware.aspx

Lesson:
If your computer needs fixing, bring it to a local repair shop