I keep getting phone calls from people with heavy accents who say they call from microsoft and the need to check my computer because of all the error messages I'm supposed to be getting.is it real

I continue to receive calls telephone of people with heavy accents who say they call Microsoft because of all tha error messages I'm supposed to be getting - which I don't get. I just got the phone with one and convinced him to remember on Friday at noon, Central time. He asked me to give him the remote control of my computer so that it can "fix." I can't believe its "real and he can't give me details about what the problems are." I wasn't about to let him have access to the computer I'm on right now because of his "unusual operating system and all the time and effort it took to get this set-up and at full load." I'll be at my weekend House when it calls Friday where I have a more conventional computer. Is this real or a hoax?

SCAM.
You have made the right choice. Do NOT give the scammer remote access, or your computer is "screwed".

The next time the scammer call, hang UP.

Take a look at these phony support calls:
http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/search/search?searchterm=phony+support+phone+calls&CurrentScope.ForumName=&CurrentScope.filter=&askingquestion=false

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