02-8091-5005

said he was calling from windows service centre in sydney wanted credit card details & would fix any corrupt files on my computer.

she said she was calling from microsoft in sydney had indian accent telling me i had corrupt files on my computer and i have a DELL computer which i dont  
i asked to speak to someone else she put on to the supervisor which he also had indian accent
they wanted on line acces to fix my computer
i asked for the phone number and office in sydney he said Chatswood 02 8091 5005 working hours from 1.00pm to 10.00pm very strange and his name he said is MAX DAWSON good indian name hey?
to everyone out there you do not need to give access on line for repairs to corrupt files
hope this helps
i will try and report this the proper authorities.

Same experience as others. Asian lady asking for me to access certain files on my computer as there are virus about to attack my computer. She said she was calling from windows service centre (Doesn't exist). Do not follow their instructions as windows is a product not a company.

My mother received a call from an indian person telling her that she had corrupt files on her computer and to do the same as the above callers.  She gave this telephone number.

Luckily my mother did not believe the person right from the start, and we are reporting it to authorities.

Same as above but both were male n he said he was supervisor named James.

mAX dAWSON (INDIAN ACCENT) RANG ME  yesterday wanting me to type EVENTVWR into the RUN program, so he could find out why 'windows' had been getting so many error messages from my computer, and that i had corrupted files, he ended up getting quite annoyed at me as I wouldn't do as he said, and kept asking him lots of questions. he said he was ringing from chatswood Sydney . i hung up

My dad also received a call from an indian person asking him to click on certain links to help get rid of all the virus on his computer. Unfortunately he did what they asked and gave him the phone number 0280035916. I want to report it to authorities but dont know who to contact.

Received 2 calls yesterday, one male one female (Wendy) both indian sounding.  When the male rang my hubby told them we didn't have a computer and the male hung up on him, when the female rang she asked for my hubby by name and told him they had his name registered in their system and that we had downloaded some corrupt files.  What a load of crock. My husband has to be the most comupter illiterate person I know, none of the software we have on our computer is registered in his name.  Luckily he just took the name and contact details and left it up to me to look into.

Received a call from Windows service centre (Indian accent) stating i have some corrupt told him I was feeding the kids but he insisted i turn on the computer and access some files as windows' had been getting so many error messages from my computer....he got angry when i said I didn't have time, then said he would call later...

Same as all the above but they called my grandparents who are very new to computers and what the deal is with them! Luckily I already warned them about scams over the phone and email. All I can say is that these people have some bad karma coming their way! They need to be stopped!

Same as all the above but they called my grandparents who are very new to computers and what the deal is with them! Luckily I already warned them about scams over the phone and email. All I can say is that these people have some bad karma coming their way! They need to be stopped!

Same as above, except they called my mum today. My mum was spooked because they knew that we had our computer on, and that we had 57 errors for corrupt files. My mum let them onto the remote computer, and they showed the anti virus wasn't working. But when they asked for credit card details so they could fix it, mum shut the remote computer kicking them off. The guy was the supervisor, and his name was Max Dalton. He said that he was from the Windows Service System centre, and he had an indian accent. He said he was from Sydney, and gave my mum this number. He called back twice, even after my mum hung up. Luckily he wasn't on the computer long enough to give us any real damage because after we scanned the computer, we found that he had put 200 errors on the computer. They sound very knowledgeable, but do not be scammed! We nearly were, and that's scary.

My Dad called back, and went off at him, and we reported it. We also called Microsoft and Optus, and they told us it was a scam because they do not call you about errors on your computer. Just take it to your local technician, do not trust them! They had turned our antivirus off which is why we had gotten the errors.

Called with an african accent wanting to fix corrupted files.

I just had the same phone call and told the Indian woman that she was telling me a load of old rot.  I have the pro version of Kaspersky on my computer and if there were corrupted files it would show up without a problem.  These calls are aimed at the vulnerable web user in the hope they will pay for some crappy cleaner, or worse still so that they can put some nasty tracking cookie onto your computer.  I asked the caller to tell me who she was working for and she hung up.  It's a scam.

Just had same call as above. Unfortunately a guy called Mick with Indian accent, based in manchester, spoke to my son as I was out and my son spent 20 mins on the phone. luckily he couldn't answer all their questions so 'Mick' phoned again. Exactly the same process as above. he said he was a microsoft employee and he would transfer me to Windows engineer. They wanted to remote log in to my computer....DODGY!!!! DO NOT LET THEM IN!

Anyone that can give address details for this SCAM group  would be great. I live close so I will be able to fix the problem

Anyone that can give address details for this SCAM group  would be great. I live close so I will be able to fix the problem

Anyone who has received this call (fake microsoft reps) ring either (02)80035916 or (02)80915005 and see if the voice matches the scammer that just called you. If they match tell them their details are public and they have it coming

Just had a similar call.  I also had a call about a month ago and told the Indian sounding man that I no longer had a computer and he put the phone down on me.   Then about 15 minutes ago somebody phoned and wanted me to sit at my computer so he could explain why my files were being corrupted. I said I was busy but he pushed me for a time when I would be available.   I said Saturday PM but reading the other comments, I'll start to question him instead of the other way round.

Don't pick up the phone and give them any time.  If your computer sends error messages, it would be to Microsoft and your computer system isn't linked to your phone number.  I would suggest not answering any calls from any number you do not recognize.  As I stated in another blog about another harassing call, if you have call privacy, put your phone directly into voice mail when you are not home - anywhere from 1 - 24 hours is an option.  That stops them as they get nowhere.   Don't enable them by conversing.  They are ignorant and are looking to crack into personal information.  Who knows, maybe it's connected to identify theft for immigrants :)  One never knows.  Lock your doors, secure your computer, and get some heavy duty malicious software detection on your computer.  Failing that, get a MAC as Apple is inpenetrable.  That's what I've been told.