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Heavily accented "Windows Service Center".  I didn't have time to string them along -- perhaps suggest that you need some new windows because the one they fixed last fall leaks in the rain...  But what was creepy is that they had the name of someone who lives here, although they had the gender wrong.

Rec'd a call from this number on my cell phone - don't know anyone there.  Called back, sounded like someone answered, mumbled and then received the recording that stated the number had been disconnected - yeah right!  Blocked this number.

Caller declared he was calling from publishers clearing house with a 1.3 million dollars prize!

how in the hell did these [***] get my number go to work your phony [***]

Same call here today by most likely the very same people reporting their stories above me. I am in rural Nova Scotia right now. He asked for me by name but I never confirmed that the name he mentioned (which is mine) belonged to me. And because my real name is pretty unisex sounding I know he can't be sure I was the person he asked for - but he didn't much care anyway it seems.

I don't know how they think they are going to fool most us .. even those of us who are edging into the 'elderly' age group. We are not our fathers and/or mothers who didn't have a clue about technology. I was working in that field for years before this caller was born.

At any rate, I had some fun and tied the guy up (along with someone who he said was his supervisor - it did sound like a different voice .. but same banter/exact same script) talking for over half an hour before I said .. "'what if' ... the computer you want to 'prove' is sending all sorts of 'you have been invaded by a virus' type messages to your MS tech offices has been broken, defunct, inoperable for well over 6 months now and is dead as a doornail on the scrap heap. How could it possibly be sending messages like that if it is out of service completely?" I never said that was actually the case (I was sitting at my operational computer at the time he called but I never let him know that). He STILL kept trying to convince me I had a problem, that my computer WAS indeed sending out these messags and he would prove it to me - just to help ME .. that he just wanted to help ME and would give no sales pitch .. blah blah blah.

I laughed my head off as he squirmed and tried to twist things around so he could get to the actual point (which, though I asked for just that a number of times, he never DID get around to talking about). In the end I told him I had outsmarted him (I never let him get by the introductory part of the 'script' he was using .. kept heading him back to his opening line) .. and that he thought I was an idiot .. but .. his reply was still ... "no, no, ma'am I don't think that but really, really your computer is sending out messages or how would I know your MS ID number? We have to fix this for you." I asked, even if what you say is true, why would I care? What damage was it doing to MY computer if all this virus apparently did was send Microsoft messages with my supposed software ID in it to a MS office?

Why would MS take the time/expense/personnel, etc. to research and connect whatever information he said they were receiving with my name and phone number? The answer ... they wouldn't ... no way in heck would they do that. They don't give a darn about any of us personally, as most of us here know. I didn't actually ever tell him that I do use Windows (7) still .. but even had I done that there would have been no way that a registration number for anything on this particular computer would have led him here anyway - to this phone number since it was registered in another country years ago long before I moved here.

So hilarious .. round and round the mulberry bush we went - and every time he tried again to head me for the pass I deflected and his explanations for who he was and why I should let him 'help' me got more and more wild.

I finally told him I had tied him up for too long and he would miss his quota of calls if I didn't let him go. He admitted then that he was bored, had no other calls to make today and that he was 'enjoying the talk' (because most people just slam the phone down on him - not surprisingly in my estimation .. I probably have before too and will in future) - even though I told him that I was going to report the scam, him and the number that called. So funny.

My only hope is that he is not one of those guys who seeks to engage people on the phone about other matters so they can somehow use the phone number to make calls around the world at the victims expense. I can't really imagine they can scam too many people these days, even ones with no computer experience or who are beginning to lose a few marbles, with this kind of 'your computer is infected' line ... but I guess they would not continue to do it so long unless someone was buying into it.

(p.s. why is SCAMMER not in the list of Call Types we can select?)

Today August 16th. 2016 I just received a SPAM call from that number, but this time it was a female, I advised that I did not have a computer (lie) and she said sorry and hung up.

just   got this   call ..   they  asked to  speak  to  ME..  I  said  not in  who is  calling..    he  said  F U    so  I  said  yep  same to you and  hung  up..

They just called here. First asked for "Mrs." and garbled the last name (it's not an easy one to pronounce), I said there was no one here by that last name, they then tried to pronounce it again a few more times, and I was trying not to laugh about it. I am the Mrs. of the house but I wasn't going to let it be *too* easy for this wingnut.

I never did give him the proper pronunciation. I like playing with scammers' heads.

This ding dong had a heavy Middle Eastern accent, but said his name was "Justin" [some very English American sounding name for a surname], and when I asked him why he was calling, and he said he was leaving a message for Mr. [husband's name and mangled last name again]. My husband's name can be easily found in the phone book, our landline is under his name.

I asked several times what company he was calling from. He asked me if he was calling a company. I said it was a private number and asked what company he was with again. He wouldn't say, and I told him point blank that if he doesn't tell me what company he is with, I will consider it a scam call and I would be alerting the Mounties as soon as I got off the phone with him. He finally said "Global Solutions" or something like that.

I said I had never heard of them, and would like to know what their company is about. He refused to answer. I asked for their website. He refused to answer again. I said either he gives me the website or I will hang up and call the Mounties.

He hung up on me. No great loss. Just proved to me that it's another scammer, trying to get some personal information.

It doesn't work with me. Most of the time, I can smell one before I even answer the phone... That's if I feel like answering.

Received the call from an east Indian claiming he is calling from Micosoft. Had these same guys call when the family was living in Sweden. My youngest son would play along with them until they would start swearing at him...My son would than hang up and wouldn't they immediately phone back ??/ nuts! Today I said that first Micosoft would never call anyone ,than I said to go get a life, that they are theives and hung up.

Received a call from a caller with heavy East Indian accent. So, right of way I know it is a scam and I told him you blooding scammer, go and get real job.  Here comes all the "f ....bombs" and he hung up.

Letting it go to voicemail, I just received a call from a "Clark Rice," and checked out the number.  He is yet another case of a scammer phishing for personal information while using phone number spoofing to hide their trail.

Thanks for the heads up guys.  Please keep reporting these scammers.

Just receive a call from this number. Took the guy 4 minutes to bring up Microsoft as I repeatedly asked who they worked for. Then he handed me to his 'supervisor' who clearly was as clueless.  I hung up.

This caller has been pestering my 87-year-old mother! MAKE IT STOP!