report of suspicious calls "Microsoft."

At 11:16 (PST) today our telephone office and phone rang a few seconds apart. I answered the office phone, my wife answered the phone at home. A man who sounded like it was said in India with Windows Office customer and was called because my computer was producing a lot of somethings 'international' and error messages, indicating that it is probably infected by malicious viruses. I asked him his number twice. When he give it to me, I hung up.

A moment later my wife went down with a similar message and handed me the phone. The man identified himself as 'Alex '. He also sounded like he was in India and named a Microsoft service - department slightly different name which I did not write down. He asked me: "How are you today." I said clearly, 'Suspects '. He started to tell me some things on my computer. I asked him his phone number, and he gave it to me as: 8635 78 3 double 15.  I said to him saying that I had heard wrong: 8635 78 37115 and he corrected me: 8635 78 3 double-1 5 (i.e. 8635 78 3115) Then I said I would say Microsoft to check myself and hung up.

I checked my log of phone calls online and find both the calls listed from the: 000-090-0700.

See...

I received a phone call from someone who claims to have a Virus
http://answers.Microsoft.com/thread/4489f388-d6de-416d-9158-0079764bb001 (10 August 2009 & ff)

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Avoid scams phone & other support Tech Cyber scams
http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/avoid-phone-scams.aspx

Avoid scams that use the Microsoft name fraudulently [phone & email]
http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/msName.aspx

Microsoft dumps partner [based in India am Certified Gold] claims of scam phone (21 Sept-11)
http://nakedsecurity.Sophos.com/2011/09/21/Microsoft-dumps-partner-telephone-support-scam/

More-online http://securitygarden.blogspot.com/2011/09/microsoft-removes-gold-certified.html

Dealing with fake Tech Support & phone scams (16 June-11)
http://windowsteamblog.com/Windows/b/WindowsSecurity/archive/2011/06/16/dealing-with-fake-tech-support-amp-phone-scams.aspx

Microsoft survey reveals extent of new Internet phone scam (16 June-11)
http://www.Microsoft.com/presspass/press/2011/jun11/06-16MSPhoneScamPR.mspx

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