02080991655

Claiming to be a Jennifer Cole from Microsoft - this is 3rd time she has called

Claiming to be microsoft wanting to fix computer. Took over computer and asked for fee of 30 pounds to fix computer. They hung up and we later found that £400 had been taken from account to Western Union.

Claiming to be from Microsoft and that my computer had viruses- wanted to have remote access which I didn't give - looks like it was the right move.  I can't believe how bad the world is - people scamming in every possible way without a concern for what affect this can have one someone.

same thing happned to a friend, she asked me to work out why her icons had dissapeared from desktop and said a lady from microsoft and hp rang her from this number - 0208 099 1655 - claiming she had virus's ect ect then proceeded to use remote assistance to click about change things ect ect. now she has a user account called 'administrator now' but she dosent know the password.......strange

Got a call from Clayton Scott saying he was from microsoft and that I had error messages coming from the back of my computer. Told me to fix them and I clicked on several icons then he said this was not working and to go online for help. I just got onto the intrernet and thought WAIT A MINUTE I DON'T THINK SO..so I shut my computer down and hung up...they tried calling for a bout 5 times after this as I suppose they did not get what they wanted and that I think was remote access..so they could access my details...HORRIBLE PEOPLE OUT THERE DO NOT TRUST THESE PEOPLE!!!

Just had "Sandra Hill" on the phone from this number. She sounded very Indian and very far away for a name like "Sandra Hill" in London. She even gave me Microsoft's Address and an employee ID number when I questioned her credentials.
I wasn't busy so decided to have a bit of fun and had her going around in circles and getting very frustrated.
"Click start and tell me what you can see on the right"  
"I can see Jack"
"Jack?"
"Yes Jack. He's my dog."
"What exactly can you see on the right of your screen?"
"I can see Jack. He's wearing a Santa hat."
"Please click start and tell me what options you see in the menu"
"It's a photo from last Christmas. We bought him a doggie selection box."
"When you click start, in the menu can you see My Computer?"
"Errmmm...no. Can you see mine? Are you looking at me now?"
"Please sir, we need to show you the errors. Can you see My Computer or Computer?"
"I can see mine if I lean over - it's behind my desk. I still can't see yours though. Is that one of the errors?"
"Sir, have you clicked Start?"
"Yes."
"And on the right, can you please tell me what you can see?"
"I already told you - Jack in hat."

etc etc.

She got very frustrated and eventually hung up. :)

Got a phone call from a male with Indian accent on the 4/5/2012 . Called himself Peter. Work No. P1436S stating that he was employed at Microsoft Tech Support unit. 100. Victoria Street, London. Said I had a Trojian virus on my computer which was causing concern at Microsoft. (Web site is on Google - how come!!!)
Stated that he could supply me with free software which would eliminate the problem
I agreed to let him install the software which he said he would do remotely. Things kept happening on my computer screen and a log of virusus kept appearing on the screen. He then said there would be a one off payment for the software of £20. He wanted me to pay by debit Visa card by entering the card numbers on the screen. I refused to do that. He began to get ratty and said that if I didn't, data on my computer would be deleted. I then switched my computer off. Within minutes he rang me again and tried to persuade me to enter my credit card details. I refused. He then threatened me that I would lose my computer data. I again refused and he remoterly did something that deleted everything on my computer screen. I have since managed to reinstate everything. This was an attempt to clear out my bank account. Be aware these people are very plausible & convincing. They should be persued and prosecuted.

nuisance calling claiming to be microsoft

It might be wise to get your computer checked out locally.  The purpose of these calls is to get remote access to the computer.  If they get it, they will install spyware/malware to steal personal information. Neither Microsoft, nor its partners would ever 'phone you.  It would be a breach of their privacy rules.  No-one who phones knows anything about your computer.  They rely on scare tactics and lack of computer knowledge.  As for giving you a "Work Number".  How would you know if it was real or not?  Some of these scammers will give you a number, which they say is the unique ID number for your machine.  They will show you where this number is.  This is a lie.  The number is, in fact, the Windows Licence Number and is the same on all computers, worldwide, which run Windows. No-one should ever give remote access to their computer on the strength of a cold call.

A DEFINITE SCAM. Claiming to be from Microsoft and that we had a very bad virus but I almost believed the man from Victoria London with a very heavy Indian accent. I asked for his number so I could call him back but he phoned within seconds of us putting the phone down. We had a bit of fun with him asking if he could tell us how to fix it so we could do it ourselves. 'Are you Einstein or what?!!' he asked. He told us all about the terrible things that could happen if we didn't comply so we told him that we would just buy another computer. He was very persistant and in the end he hung up on us. Job done!

Hotel I am stopping in at the moment had a call from the purported Clayton Scott after keeping us on the phone for over 40 mins, requesting Remote Access the demanding £30.00 we cut the call off as something didn't quite ring true.

Beware it's SCAM

Dean

u all r mad..........even i got a call but the day they called the same day my computer got crashed......and when i got a call from Microsoft i told them my problem and the second day i found my computer working without doing anything...........i do not know its a scam or what but anyways my computer started working

Either you're one of the scammers, or you are very easily fooled. It's an out and out scam. Microsoft don't make cold calls in this way.

Exactly as all of the above.
Rang my wife, I was at work.
She pressed the Windows key and 'R' key and typed something or other in the 'RUN' box.
The computer asked her for my Password, she pretended she didn't know it and so couldn't continue.
The foreign cow, called Lisa Johnson wasn't very happy but told my wife to get me to ring them on the above number.
Hopefully, I should be ok, do you think?

They're still at it.  Just had 'Harry Jackson' from 'Microsoft' on the phone.  Claimed to be calling from 100 Victoria Street, London (which actually is Microsoft's London HQ).  Gave me 0208 099 1655 to call him back on (rather than Microsoft's 0844 number).

He asked me to run eventvwr, which reveals lots of errors being logged.  This is perfectly normal and not a sign of virus infection.  However, that was not what he told me.

Then asked me to go to www.ammyy.com.  He said this was 'Application Microsoft Modulation' ha ha ha!  It’s not, it’s a software company.  I asked him why he not connecting me to a Microsoft site.  He said it might infect other users, but couldn't explain why other users of AMMYY would not be infected.  Here, if I had continued, he would have asked me to download and install a Remote Desktop application that would have given him total remote access to my PC.  Obviously I wasn't going to do that and nor should you!

He told me Microsoft were paying for this because I am a valuable customer of Microsoft - one copy of XP + Office in 5 years!  Ha ha ha!  What he would have done is conned me into paying for services I don’t want or need.

It's a persistent con.  He lied persistently that he worked for Microsoft, and clearly he doesn't.  He said he was in London, and he isn't.  Everything he said technically was a lie.  

Don't be conned.  These are criminals calling you.  Waste their time if you feel inclined: 21 minutes on this occasion, the record is over 70 minutes (see YouTube for some recorded sessions).  They are paid a pittance in Kolkata backstreet call centres.  

Google for more info if you've been stupid and let them into your PC.  You will need to clean it up carefully.

Don't follow their instructions unless you really know what you're doing.  Tell them that you have a Mac or Linux, that makes them go away.  Or just hang up at any time.

There needs to be a Call Type for 'Scam' because that's what this is.

jose

You are either incredibly stupid or lying.  Google any of the details to find out that lots of people get these calls, and they're definitely NOT from Microsoft.  Even Microsoft say that they don't call people.  It is a scam run by criminals.

Received a call tonight from a Clayton Scott saying that he was from Microsoft and I had a trojan virus in  my computer which Microsoft had picked up on. He gave me his supposed ID number and asked me to go onto my computer and follow his instructions to enable him to clear the virus.

As soon as he told me to go into internet explorer and enter www.whoamI ..........I realised that this was an attempt to take control of my computer and access all data.  I refused to continue with the conversation and hung up.

Beware, he sounded very convincing despite my constant questions to him he remained very calm and persuasive.

Called by this number, by Scott Klayton, saying we had Trojan Horse and Blue Bug and Microsoft had asked him to contact us to fix it. I said I'd phone him back after checking with microsoft. They told me it was a hoax.

Definite scam. Claiming to be from microsoft. Wanted to change product code on windows but to do so he wanted to download software onto my computer. Ha ha.

Definite scam. Claiming to be from microsoft. Wanted to change product code on windows but to do so he wanted to download software onto my computer. Ha ha.