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The caller ID is hilarious this time around. No message left.

Got the call 3 times today as I did not answer and no message was left. Put on reject list. This is scam.

Received a call from 888-888-8888 on April 30, 2016 at about 2:40 PM.  The caller ID showed "Courtenay Car Centre Ltd"  Since my husband was out of the country at that time, I answered the phone thinking that he may have rented a vehicle while there.  A man with a heavy accent asked me if I was having trouble with me computer and I told him that I was NOT.  He told me that he thought that I was wrong because he had been sent a message from my computer that it was having issues.  I told him to stop lying and hung up.  I hope never to hear from him again.

whats the actual person behind that number do u know ?

I have been receiving calls from this # indicating someone has hacked into my computer and I need to get on it right now and they will talk me thru how to fix it. Just so happened a girl friend had just told me that she was hacked by a call telling her the same thing. I called them scammers and they hung up. I have only rec'd one call since an I didn't answer.

My caller ID came up as "DOCTOR LOVE. ". I didn't answer. They wait for voicemail and it is silence for about 30 seconds.

I do not wish to get these calls

Looks as if this number has been used for a variety of scams.  I didn't answer and they didn't leave a message.  CID showed "Doctor Love,"

Have rec'd 2 calls already. Had it go to answering machine

Many companies including Centurylink provide Call Blocking or Call Rejection features.  Check with your local provider to see if you can use this to block the Microsoft Tech Support Scammers.

Turning Call Rejection ON/OFF
Call Rejection must be turned ON to work. When you first order Call Rejection, it is turned OFF. You can turn it ON/OFF or change the numbers on your rejection list any time you want.

Turn it ON

To activate this calling feature:

Listen for a dial tone, and press *60.
Follow the recorded instructions to create a rejection list.
Turn it OFF

To temporarily deactivate this calling feature:

Listen for a dial tone, and press *80.
Follow the recorded instructions.
Tip: If you want to reject a call, but don't know the caller's number, you can still reject the call. When the person calls, do the following:

Hang up, pick up the receiver and dial *60.
Follow the recorded instructions to add the caller to your unwanted caller list.
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*In some markets, this feature is called, Selective Call Rejection. **Varies based on location.

They called my house several times. I called from cell to get them to stop. Now I'm worried they can hack cell data...

I keep getting calls from "Dr Love 888-888-8888" telling me there is a virus on my computer and that they are from windows.  I did get one guy who identified himself as Jon Watson and he gave me the number of 315-407-4060, and told me he was going to put me on the no call list.  That was last night....I just got another phone call this morning.

Caller ID says Dr. Love. My husbands questions this, eastern overseas accent says its his supervisors name and he is calling from Windows, knows our name, etc. My husband tells him he is a scammer and he will find him , than the caller tells my husband if he does that he will kill him, my husband hangs up. Callers calls again later, same caller ID. I answer with our city police dept. name and a Sgt.'s name and I, say can I help you, silence, I reply again, caller mumbles, I say, this call is being recorded and caller says "[***] you" I hang up and call phone company to get instructions on blocking call. While on hold this scammer is calling me again. Calls again today, Tuesday, May 3, same caller ID. Our fax comes on. The block did not work. This is now not scamming but harassing threatening phone calls. Any idea who I can report this to?

I did try calling this number from my cell more than once and I get a recording "cannot complete call as dialed" My husband was also told we had a virus on our computer. He was worried this guy could hack into our computer after the threatening phone call so he called Hewlett Packerd.

My grandma fell for a scam artist using a virus warning popup on the computer. After she refused to pay, he was still trying to use the remote program to access her computer.

Suspicious caller id.  Is it an enhancement drug company?

unwanted call

Don't answer!!

Was controlling my computer showing me I had viruses then he asked me to buy his software and I told him to [***] OFF and hung up.

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Was controlling my computer

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
• "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

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

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