Hang up on phone scams

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James G — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:52:58 GMT

Received a call this morning from someone claiming to be from Microsoft and they wanted to fix my computer over the phone. Weird thing is my computer crashed just the other day so I thought this was legit. He asked me to push and hold the windows button and then press the letter "r" a screen came up and he asked me to enter www.support.me then enter a password to connect to their server. I found this odd and frankly I didn't feel comfortable doing this. I sent a message to a good friend who owns a computer business and he said DO NOT ACCEPT THIS .. Hang up its a scam. So I told the guy on the phone that I was on the other line with Microsoft and that they told me they would NEVER contact someone on the phone.He hung up. I cant believe they almost had me! the number they told me to call back was 1-888-226-6073. The guy was quite rude and insisted he only wanted to "help" me...

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cron22 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:37:35 GMT

These people don't quit, do they/ Don't you wonder when this will finally get old for these nutcases?

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Janice101 — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:47:25 GMT

And whenever I get suspicious calls, I get the phone number and post a warning at http://www.callercenter.com to let everybody know. It helps.

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Janice101 — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:43:23 GMT

Thanks for the heads up! This information helps update everyone about the nature of the scam.

This is why I never pick up anonymous calls. I just let the answering machine take it. Anyway, if it's an important call, the caller will leave a message.

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Jean Buckner — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:32:14 GMT

Received such a call from Vfix.biz. I fell for it. Are they legit?

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Gary Kry — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:04:46 GMT

I just received a call similiar to Dale Hicks but the number is 425-406-9020, other wise was identical. Is this the latest scam?

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willow hqmmonds — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:21:13 GMT

I got a call telling me my computer had dnloaded viruses and malware. I let her finish talking before informing her we don't even have one. I'm on my phone right now ; )

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ann — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:36:03 GMT

hi, yep get them all the time, they also say they are from windows, and they can get nasty, i have had them ph me 1am and 5am in the morning , wish someone could do somethin

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Dale Hicks — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:54:17 GMT

I just received a call from 425-406-9010 claiming they were from Windows support advising me I had a virus on my system that caused windows to send personal information out. They advised me I needed to follow thier directions to block windows from sending the information.

Caller ID says the call was from V104U the phone number (524-406-9010) in registered in Kirkland, Washington. The person spoke with an accent and was hard to understand. They would not put another person on the phone.

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Elaine Phillips — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:58:52 GMT

I also got calls from these hackers. One told me he is from H B C Research & working on Microsoft Windows (7). stranger enough I started getting these calls after I registered my New

Computer. . I started getting these calls a couple weeks after I Registered my New Computer.

I was told my computer is Infected with Trojans & Spyware, & is about to Crash. & offered to Help me. My response prompted him to hang up .