Micrsoft impostor or would be hacker?

Hi I got a call from someone who identified himself as James of Microsoft Technical maintainenance Dept, in Melbourne, telling me that Microsoft has received a lot of error messages from my computer and my computer will soon crash & I'll lose everything then and he wanted to take me step by step on my computer to solve the problem. I suspect be a fraud and refused to say politely I went out for lunch and asked for his number so I can check him. The such that no, he gave was 03 90187738. When I called him back, he called again and my husband told him of our computer is new and has no problem - it's a fraudster / would be hacker?

He is a fraud.  Microsoft rarely phone customers.  They are trying to get info on you, so they can steal your identity.

Steve

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