I get phone calls - (516) 673-0633-someone who claims to work for Microsoft by asking me to turn on my computer and other issues.

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• I get phone calls from an unknown number who claims to be from Microsoft.

  Original title: phone call

  At got a call from person than me- CLAIMED they were from the "Windows Operations" CLAIMED it was their phone number , they said they had a windows WARNING report and called for help.  Who is calling and why?  Is there a way I can see if I have questions about my computer showing the functioning issues?

  Calls unrequested telephone of this nature are almost always a common scam. Do not let them give any info, do not give access to your PC, not give them all the money and do not go to all the websites that they suggest. One moment.

  Please see:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-GB/security/online-privacy/avoid-phone-scams.aspx

  Microsoft issues never not solicited for phone calls of support or security.

  These types of callers can use completely fictitious names or bogusly claim to be of real companies other than Microsoft as well.

• received a call from a guy who said he worked for microsoft, was asked to open a session for a service upgrade, is it legitimate?

  • Hi, I got a call at 6:30 a guy who said he worked for microsoft. He asked me to open a session to a service to make my system more efficient. Well long story short, I didn't know it was legitimate... microsoft make repairs online, right? Surely, a bum like me gets no special treatment?... It was therefore legitimate, or was this something from the other world?

  Definitely ~ ~ ~ a VERY BIG SCAM!

  If it was me, law enforcement was on his doorstep.

  Security rule #1-(protéger vous-même & vos informations)

  Never give out information online, by phone or click on links in emails from

  you do not know the people! or Web sites that you are not familiar with.

  What about Microsoft - they never will contact you in this way!

  If you are ILA and captured by chance this guy phone #.

  Contact your local PD to file a complaint and to make them aware

  This person called, people in this manner, soliciting private info.

• Received a call from someone who claims to work for Windows, is - a scam?

  www.windowspccare.info received a phone call from a guy who dirrected me to this show and said: he worked for windows. I'm sure it's a scam thought that someone at Microsoft must know.

  Hello

  This is not Microsoft

  These are public Forums, hosted by Microsoft

  of course, it's a SCAM

  they want or money on your part for programs without value or make an identity theft on you to get even more money and get your internet banking passwords and credit card by obtaining information allows you to download the software to 'fix' or 'test' for your computer or install via remote access

  read this:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/msName.aspx

  Microsoft has none of the unsolicited telephone calls to help you fix your computer

  In this type of scam cybercriminals are calling you and claim to be of Support technique Microsoft. They offer help with your computer problems. Once scammers have earned your trust, they try to steal and damage your computer with malicious software, including viruses and spyware.

  Although the law enforcement can trace phone numbers, often authors use pay telephones, disposable cell phones or stolen cellular phone numbers. Better avoid fooling themselves rather than try to repair the damage afterwards.

  Treat all unsolicited sceptically telephone calls. Don't provide personal information.

  If you receive an unsolicited call from someone who claims to be from Technical Support Microsoft, hang up. We do not have such calls.

  If you think you might be a victim of fraud, you can report it. For more information, see: what to do if you think you have been scammed.

• phone call from someone who says they work for Microsoft with a saying of phone number blocked that Microsoft was going to block my computer within 24 hours because of our virus transmission, is it true?

  Received a phone call from someone who has not been named (call from a blocked telephone number) saying that Microsoft would block my computer within 24 hours due to virus, we have been forward to microsoft.  He said we had a laptop and gave us a serial number.  We do not have a laptop.  Was it a scam call or this person really used by microsoft?  He wanted me to enter an address to give him access to my computer.  I refused.  Any information you can provide would be appreciated.

  Hello

  Yes, it's a SCAM!

  Avoid scams to phone for tech support
  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/avoid-phone-scams.aspx

  In the United States, you can contact the local police to the FBI, Attorney general, and
  consumer watch groups. Arm yourself with knowledge.

  The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the
  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center
  (NW3C), funded in part by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
  http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx

  No, Microsoft wouldn't you not solicited. Nor would they know if any errors
  It exists on your computer. So those are the frauds or scams to get your money or
  worse to steal your identity.

  Avoid scams that use the Microsoft name fraudulently: Microsoft has no
  for you unsolicited telephone calls help fix your computer
  http://www.Microsoft.com/protect/fraud/phishing/msName.aspx

  Scams and hoaxes
  http://support.Microsoft.com/contactus/cu_sc_virsec_master?ws=support#tab3

  Microsoft Support Center consumer
  https://consumersecuritysupport.Microsoft.com/default.aspx?altbrand=true&SD=GN&ln=en-us&St=1&wfxredirect=1&gssnb=1

  Microsoft technical support
  http://support.Microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support#TAB0

  Microsoft - contact technical support
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/help/contact-support

  I hope this helps.

  Rob Brown - Microsoft MVP<- profile="" -="" windows="" expert="" -="" consumer="" :="" bicycle=""><- mark="" twain="" said="" it="">

• I received a phone call from someone who claims to do with Microsoft.

  Original title: scam?

  I received a phone call from someone who claimed to be 'windows', and he said that they had received a message from my computer that he downloaded a virus.   When I asked to get her phone number to call to check, that we have been disconnected.  What is the scam here?  I traced the call to 253-802-0309, which is International Telecom.

  Calls unrequested telephone of this nature are almost always a common scam. Do not let them give any info, do not give access to your PC, not give them all the money and do not go to all the websites that they suggest. One moment.

  Please see:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-GB/security/online-privacy/avoid-phone-scams.aspx

  Microsoft issues never not solicited for phone calls of support or security.

  These types of callers can use completely fictitious names or bogusly claim to be of real companies other than Microsoft as well.

• Phone call from a person who claims to work for Windows.

  Occasionally my old computer crashes when I read a Blog, and I have to close it manually.  When I start backup it asks if I want to send an error message.  If I do not send the message, in a few days I get a phone call from someone claiming to work for Windows and they want access to my computer.  Is it a coincedence?  It happened three times in the past months, and I know that Microsoft does not call customers.  So is there someone who works at Microsoft who does something they shouldn't?  The people who have always had Indian accents or Chinese who are difficult to understand.

  Hello

  If you need help with a Windows problem, post a message in the answers - Forums of Windows XP.

  Answers - Windows XP Forums
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_xp

  ===================

  Coindence and a SCAM!

  USA., you can contact the FBI, Attorney general, the police authorities and consumer
  Watch groups. Arm yourself with knowledge.

  No, Microsoft wouldn't you not solicited. Or they would know if errors exist on your
  computer. So that's the fraud or scams to get your money or worse to steal your identity.

  Avoid scams that use the Microsoft name fraudulently - Microsoft is not unsolicited
  phone calls to help you fix your computer
  http://www.Microsoft.com/protect/fraud/phishing/msName.aspx

  Scams and hoaxes
  http://support.Microsoft.com/contactus/cu_sc_virsec_master?ws=support#tab3

  Microsoft Support Center consumer
  https://consumersecuritysupport.Microsoft.com/default.aspx?altbrand=true&SD=GN&ln=en-us&St=1&wfxredirect=1&gssnb=1

  Microsoft technical support
  http://support.Microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support#TAB0

  Microsoft - contact technical support
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/help/contact-support

  I hope this helps.

  Rob Brown - Microsoft MVP<- profile="" -="" windows="" expert="" -="" consumer="" :="" bicycle="" -="" mark="" twain="" said="" it="">

• I have to get someone who claims to be from Microsoft

  Hello and thank you in advance for your answers.

  I get phone calls from a person claiming to be from Microsoft. They want to inform me that my computer is infected by a visrus and I need to do something for them.

  They call a '7' caller ID and said that their name is Jack Thompson of the section of technical support from Microsoft. The callback number is 302-721-5254. Mr. Thompson is not a common name with people that the voice has a strong accent associated with a person of the India.

  I've learned in the past that it is an appeal from the scam and what they are looking for is someone to use or to hack computer.

  This is the case and if he who report these people?

  Thank you

  TexasJim/1Bail-obligations

  Saturday, April 28, 2012 00:43:14 + 0000, TexasJim/1Bail-bond wrote:

  Hello and thank you in advance for your answers.

  I get phone calls from a person claiming to be from Microsoft. They want to inform me that my computer is infected by a visrus and I need to do something for them.

  They call a '7' caller ID and said that their name is Jack Thompson of the section of technical support from Microsoft. The callback number is 302-721-5254. Mr. Thompson is not a common name with people that the voice has a strong accent associated with a person of the India.

  I've learned in the past that it is an appeal from the scam and what they are looking for is someone to use or to hack computer.

  Yes, it's a scam and that is becoming more and more common lately.
  Just hang up on them.

  In addition to their money get on your part to do anything of any value,
  If you leave them in your computer, which knows what losses they did are
  where confidential information they stole.

  So if you have done so, I highly recommend that you do both of the following
  immediately:

  1 do a clean reinstall of Windows.
  2. change all of your passwords, especially banks or other
  financial sites.

  There is no one to report to. Everyone who wants to do something
  about, he already knows about it, but the judgment is not easy.

  Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

• I also received a phone call from an Indian man who claims to make Windows and I have a Virus

  I also received a phone call from an Indian man who said I had a virus, I did not open anything but try to connect but could not it says something like unable to connect that someonelse is connected, I tried to log on my girls password and the same thing happened there. When I closed the computer and re entered my password allowed me right there. My question is I did not open anything when he was on the phone I just connected, he was hacking my computer or was pure coincidence. I don't do banking over the internet, but I paid for a few things on the line and I'm afraid that he can get any substance persional. Help, please! Thank you

  Only way he could access your computer is if you gave him the passwords, or enables a remote access connection by... you should have to install Teamviewer, Logmein or other legitimate applications and then give the code to access it.

  Here are some other links you find interesting... extends over what you might have faced if you let scammers in your computer.

  http://ask-Leo.com/i_got_a_call_from_microsoft_and_allowed_them_access_to_my_computer_what_do_i_do_now.html

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_xp-security/i-fell-for-the-eventvwr-phone-scam/8e79cd60-0a09-4ED6-85b0-056230878815?page=1

  Kind regards...

• Received scam call from someone who claims to be from Microsoft, was my system compromised?

  Last week my father received a phone call from someone claiming to be from Microsoft. They asked him to press CTRL and I think that the flag at the same time icon. Now, this week, his computer does not work correctly... He said is to show Arab or he is just encrypted and it cannot get on anything or do anything

  . Do you think this scam call had something to do with the way the computer is acting today? And press these buttons, do you know if and what it can do to someones computer?

  So looking forward to answers ASAP.

  Thank you!

  Hmm?

  Microsoft does not phone calls to people - out of the blue...

  at best, microsoft only responds to requests for information made by the people.

  Try running a system restore point on a date prior to the boot problem.

• Prefetch unwanted files: call from someone who claims to be from Microsoft

  I just had a phone call very similar to some that I read on the forum.

  The man was of Indian origin saying his name was Mike Davies of Microsoft in Oxfordshire and our computer had generated error reports that slowed.

  He wanted me to RUN a file named prefetch unwanted files, I was a little dubious and told him that I had to pay for my computer and it is supposed to be remembered!

  On Saturday, February 12, 2011 14:51:59 + 0000, JudyN34 wrote:

  I just had a similar call from an Indian-sounding man calling himself Michael Smith.  He asked me to run a file called unwanted prefetch.
  I told him I thought he could be a crook and he gave me a phone number 01865 600375 to call him if I changed my mind.

  Do not change your mind. It was certainly a crook.

  Ken Blake (MS-MVP)

• I get calls from someone who says he is from Microsoft, I asked to call back number, which is 650-989-1221 it is Microsoft?

  This man sounded like he was reading a script with an accent as the India, but he said he's in California... He said my computer is corrupt and sending signals and something else I don't remember. He said that it is from microsoft, but I told him not enything and ask for a number to call back later.

  This is a scam that has become increasingly common in recent years. Microsoft does not cold-call customers, so if you do not contact this 'service', don't give them access to your computer or personal information. Most of the time, they extort money (if you give them the remote control of your computer by going to the sites they tell you of to correct 'issues'), or at least the factory door programs and malware hidden on your computer.

  If you provide access to or information, you should be fine.

  There are a number of complaints or similar concerns registered by the other posters about the present; Unfortunately, there are many fictitious companies to try this type of scam, and international jurisdiction is find and their closing difficult.  The best option is just to ignore the calls for more ' we received your computer Windows error reports.

  Someone better informed than me, with links to the official pages of Microsoft FAQ about these phone scams will probably be along shortly.

  -DF

• I just got a call from someone who claims in partnership with Microsoft.

  They said that my computer was sending error reports and they wanted me to download a program of monitoring Viewer to teamviewer.com.  I refused when they didn't know what version of windows I was using.  A feedback?

  Tuesday, May 22, 2012 23:45:12 + 0000, JohnKohlwey wrote:

  They said that my computer was sending error reports and they wanted me to download a program of monitoring Viewer to teamviewer.com.  I refused when they didn't know what version of windows I was using.  A feedback?

  They are not Microsoft partners and your refusal was very wise.

  It's a scam and with various names and phone numbers, is
  becomes more common lately.
  In addition to their money get on your part to do anything of any value,
  If you leave them in your computer, which knows what losses they did are
  where confidential information they stole.

  So if you have done so, I highly recommend that you do both of the following
  immediately:

  1 do a clean reinstall of Windows.

  2. change all of your passwords, especially banks or other
  financial sites.

  Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

• I was contacted by phone today by someone who said they worked for windows and couldn't stop my slow pc.

  I guess it was some kind of scam. I said calling I was not interested but clearly vulnerable could get take the used technical jargo. Is a kind of warning out for windows users?

  You did the right thing, Microsoft will never contact you without your knowledge.

  With respect to the education of users, Microsoft has information at http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.aspx

• scam? Received a call saying they worked for Microsoft.

  I received a call from someone who said he worked for microsoft and that there was a problem with my ISP to send error messages, this could be a scam to gain access to my computer

  Hello

  Its a SCAM!

  In the United States, you can contact the FBI, Attorney general, the police authorities and consumer
  Watch groups. Arm yourself with knowledge.

  No, Microsoft wouldn't you not solicited. Or they would know if errors exist on your
  computer. So that's the fraud or scams to get your money or worse to steal your identity.

  Avoid scams that use the Microsoft name fraudulently - Microsoft is not unsolicited
  phone calls to help you fix your computer
  http://www.Microsoft.com/protect/fraud/phishing/msName.aspx

  Scams and hoaxes
  http://support.Microsoft.com/contactus/cu_sc_virsec_master?ws=support#tab3

  Microsoft Support Center consumer
  https://consumersecuritysupport.Microsoft.com/default.aspx?altbrand=true&SD=GN&ln=en-us&St=1&wfxredirect=1&gssnb=1

  Microsoft technical support
  http://support.Microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support#TAB0

  Microsoft - contact technical support
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/help/contact-support

  I hope this helps.