Had a strange call from "Microsoft"

[sh410]

Watch out for this one!

This morning I received a call from someone with a strong East Indian accent, who claimed he was from Microsoft and he claimed that I had a problem with my computer.

After answering several of his questions, he directed me to a website that the technical department of Microsoft would use to diagnose what my problem was and correct that problem for me.

The website is www.ammyy.com and that turned out to be a remote access software site.

Needless to say I closed the conversation and hungup.

[HiTech]

MNtundraRet wrote:
I have been programing computers since 1979.

Newbie 😉

[Jagtech]

I got that call one day... I asked how they would be fixing my computer, and they responded that they would connect to my computer remotely. I then informed them that I had dial-up internet (which I do not) and he said "what's dial-up?" I filled him in, then he just said "Oh my God!" and hung up.
Only time a tele-solicitor ever hung up on me!

[rockhillmanor]

redavis wrote:
Got that same call more than a dozen times. I think he got a kick out of seeing how many new names I could think up to call him. Finally bought one of these and after blasting it into the phone twice, no more phone calls. I now keep it setting right next to the phone just in case.

Randy

:B I have always wanted to do that!!

[The_Texan]

2oldman wrote:

sh410 wrote:
This morning I received a call...

I assume this is a land line...?

Mine was on a cell line.....

[2oldman]

sh410 wrote:
This morning I received a call...

I assume this is a land line...?

[redavis]

Got that same call more than a dozen times. I think he got a kick out of seeing how many new names I could think up to call him. Finally bought one of these and after blasting it into the phone twice, no more phone calls. I now keep it setting right next to the phone just in case.

Randy

[doughere]

Every call I've had like this has had the phone number blocked.

Doug

[bclaude]

I found a similar scam reported at http://www.callercenter.com along with the caller's phone number. Maybe you guys can check if you have the same scammer's phone number.

[bclaude]

Good thing you did. It was a definitely a scam call. Did you take note of the caller's information?

[mlts22]

There are a lot of non tech-savvy people out there who can easily fall for a "your computer has a virus", or "your computer is running ILLEGAL software, better do our stuff or else go to jail" items.

I've had a robocall from someone pretending to be from Microsoft stating my computer was running pirated software, and to download some "scanner" from an IP address. I politely reminded them that the box in question is running Linux.

On Android, I recommend everyone who is using Android download the app Mr. Number, which blocks immediately spammers/robocallers. iOS actually has roadblocks to prevent people from explicitly blocking numbers (best one can do is jailbreak a device and use iBlacklist.)

[MNtundraRet]

rockhillmanor wrote:
How does anyone ever think/believe that MS is going to call a residence about a specific computer?

Enough people do, or these people would not be in the business (racket) of making these calls.

[rockhillmanor]

How does anyone ever think/believe that MS is going to call a residence about a specific computer?

[lostmarbles]

mockturtle wrote:
I don't even answer the phone if I don't know the caller. I figure if it's something important, they will leave a voice mail message.

YUP! Same here!
I even d/l'ed mr number to my android ph to hang up on the rest of them if they aren't in my contact list.

[MNtundraRet]

I got the call about 2 weeks ago from maybe the same guy.

I tied in him up for a while letting him know I know a lot more about computers than he does.

I have an Asus I7, 8-core gaming laptop computer. I have been programing computers since 1979.

He had to be nuts if he thought I had any problems. My system was working better than his. Also; in MN we are on the "Do not call" list with a $10,000. fine for each call. We are also on the national list.

I let him know my computer had his phone number, and he had better never call us again. He hung up with out giving me any further B.S. or the web-site info.

:B