971-217-9514

Call comes up as Top Google Adds. Who knows? Received on 07/02/2010 at noon time.

Phone call claiming to be from "technical maintenance". Would not give me his phone number. Claimed there was something wrong with my computer. Asked where he got my phone number from, he stated that it was from when I registered. B.S. Kept trying to find out the name of his company but he would not tell me. Kept trying to convince me there was something wrong with my pc. Heavy east indian accent, claimed his name was "Austin". Eventually he hung up when he figured out he wasn't getting anywhere.

Tonight on My ID caller: 971-217-9514, I live in Canadaa, I got a call from a supposed technician ,  I answered and  spoke to a man who spoke english with an accent (maybe Indian)... HE told me that I had a virus in my computer.  he wanted to repear it and to make maintenance by telephone!!! ...  He asked me to open my computer BUT I didn't make it because I did not trust him !!!... I asked him where he called and I suspected something wrong!!!, he said he was from Ontarioo, .when I ckecked  for  the area code for this call, it's says from Oregonn !!!   He lied to me!!!.. I hung up in time, Be safe!!! I don't know where they got my phone number ??? It's certainly a swindle...

2012-07-03 Kl 11.40
Man med indisk brytning började tala om min dator, bröt samtalet direkt.
Klockan 11.56 åter uppringd från 971-271-9518 av en kvinna som började prata om min dator, bröt även detta samtal direkt.

Kvinna med indisk brytning ringde och sade att hon ringde från Microsoft och att min computer var infekterad.
Jag sade att jag inte var hemma. Hon återkommer kl. 15.00

I live in Canada. Tonight on My ID caller: 971-217-9514 from Oregon, I got a call from a supposed Windows technician named Kevin. He had an East Indian accent. He told me he was from Windows support and he was phoning about my computer. He knew my name. I told him I did not have a computer, whereupon he ended the call. I have had this same type of call from the same scammers using a different number. They have often called me daily for 2 months. It's certainly a swindle. Sometimes they call me to tell me I have a virus on my computer.

If they call you, just say you do not have a computer. My main concern is that they have my name. I am wondering if they got my details by hacking into something.

Received a call from telephone number 971-217-9514 this is a scam. Beware!!!!!!!

Got call from this # to-day it was a lady with thick accent and she knew my name which I never affirmed it was,she said something was wrong with my computer and I just hollered O.M.G. just a minute,andknowing it was a scam Iput the receiver down by my blender and turned it on,prest-o she was gone.Someone told me the next time tell them your computer runs on batteries and its a Fisher-Price.lol will try if this call comes again.

Thers is one of the scammers now
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fo ... 9b-aec78b93f287

BEWARE - Users have been reporting they have received phone calls, some claiming to be from "Microsoft", telling them that that their computers are infected. The caller asks the User if they are online and if their computers are performing slowly.
If their computers are not running, they will ask the User to boot the system and report on the start up time or, if the system is running and online, they will tell the User that a tech can take over control of it and clean a "virus infection".
This is a scam !!!
If you happen to receive one of these phone calls ask the caller for the name of the company, where they are located, and their phone number.
Then hang up and report this to:
IC3 (internet crime)
The Local FBI Office ( if you're in the US)

Microsoft will never , repeat, NEVER , cold call people who use Windows. NEVER !!!

Do not fall for this latest scam.
NEVER allow strangers to take over your computer. NEVER !!!

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/microsoft.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/australia/presspass/ ... g-on-phone-scam

Got the same kind of call as above..funny thing is he wanted to work on my Windows Vista!!!  I don't have a windows Vista and who the heck would trust somebody who wants to take over my computer...

I got this call today as well, and an Indian woman said I was receiving error messages on my computer.  How would she know?  Besides, I'm not.  I told her that she was the lowest parasitic form of life and must be terribly proud of her job, because she is little better than a [***].  Not surprisingly, she hung up.  Yay!

caller says hes from Microsoft technical support.

I get calls from these yahoos every couple of weeks.  Don't ever fall for this stuff.  I just told him where to go and hang up.

I just got a call here in Hawaii just now.........I said hello twice with no answer so I waited for a few seconds then an animated voice came on and said "goodby".  The number was 971-217-9514........I've gotten calls before from differerent numbers asking about my computer and I told them that I didn't have one........another time I told the caller that he was a scammer and he got mad and said how dare I call him that and hung up.

SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME...INCLUDING THE ACCENT! SAID HE WAS FROM FLORIDA THOUGH.

.I just got a call from this #, din't amswer & left no message. The call came in to my cell

constant calls from this person when you complain he gets nasty

I just got a phone call from them as well.  I didn't answer it but from the posts here it sounds like the same group who were pulling the Microsoft scam last year.  Last year after a ton of these calls, increasingly rude insisting that I give them remote access to my computer I phoned Microsoft and they said they do NOT call people and said it was a scam and should be reported to them as well as to the police.

From media reports and a lot of research last year when I went through this with them, they try to gain access to yur computer and install a program which they then want you to pay for and if you don't they mess with your computer so you HAVE to buy the program just to get it working right again.

DO NOT GIVE THEM ACCESS TO YOUR COMPUTER !!!

Oh and they will try to convince you to go along with them by getting you to open your error log and then they point out all of the entries with a warning.  Don't fall for it.  They are normal warnings that are common in everyday use of your computer and are nothing to get alarmed about.

I only went as far as opening my error log, not giving them remote access or anything and i have had a deadly virus which just keeps replicating itself and is impossible to get rid of on this computer ever since I told them what Microsoft told me and told them to bugger off. It makes changes to the bootup system, redirects you to other sites constantly, tons of popups, blocks your access to the Microsoft site and messes with your antivirus programs and ability to get updates. It also blocks you from setting your computer back to an earlier date.  Just a warning.

Watch the video from Australia on the top left of the page in this link.  It's a very detailed explanation about these guys and the Microsoft scam. It really is a must read so you know how to handle these calls.

I haven't received a call from the Card Services SCAMMERS in quite a long time.

Nope, I'm not going to fall for this *******************SCAM*************** either.