213-221-3528

I received a call today from a man calling himself Andy Johnson, authorized Windows with Advanced WindowsCare, who informed me that my computer had been sending out viruses, and that it was very important that I check my computer with their help to see if my computer had been compromised. I stupidly allowed them remote access into my computer. He put something called Advanced WindowsCare 2 on my computer.  I did contact Windows a few minutes in as I grew concernced and was told immediately to shut down my computer, they were not Windows authorized, it was all a scam. They had heard about this many times before. (of course).  Windows helped by removing what the scammers had put on my computer and now all I can do is hope these people don't have my personal information. Be careful.....

SCAM artists spoofed CallID to
FRAUD DataMine Phishing for ANY personal information!
Tell them NOTHING, answer no questions, then hang up and
dial *57 to send a call trace to law enforcement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malicious_Caller_Identification
Remember to follow-up and file a formal police report.

Protect yourself! SAY NOTHING! 2 second silence is recorded to gather intel on you.

213-221-3528 ? *Unlisted or Unregistered number* RoboCall Scammers.
Caller ID reported "Unknown Name" at "Unknown number" Location Los Angeles, CA
Landline Provider PAC-WEST TELECOMM INC Switch: LSANCARC5KD

Caller claimed to be Steve from Microsoft.
Warned that "Your window7 application port of the computer management system on IP address 192.13.3.4 (then later 192.13.9.1) [in the range of local-net/un-broadcast] is messaging me as being infected."
Wanted us to turn on our machine and download their trojan-loader claimed "Virus Cleaner".

When I asked if I could call back later he provided tel# 213-221-3528

Call type: Scammers/Fraudsters

As others have reported, I received a call from someone identifying themselves as, in this case, John Wilson, from a company called Windows Care.  The caller had a discernable accent, perhaps Indian.  That, alone wouldn't have made me suspicious because Indians who are legitimately employed as telephone tech support or customer service representatives are advised to adopt western names rather than use their real names which are sometimes difficult for westerners to pronounce or remember.  The caller advised that my computer was infected and, when I inquired how he was able to discern, he said that when I bought my computer, it was registered with Windows Care.  That was just one of the things that made me suspicious because I hadn't recalled any such situation even though my computer is about five years old.  The other things that caused suspicion on my part were that he never referred to me by name and that he called on the phone line at this residence that is registered to my mother's name, a number that I never use or provide except in rare instances.  I had just walked in the door and was on my way out again when the call came, so even though the caller asked me to turn on my computer, I indicated I didn't have the time and asked for a call back number.  "John Wilson" wanted to know when I would return and, even though I could have provided the time when I expected to return home, I indicated that I didn't know and asked for a call back number which he gave as 213-221-3528.  Ever suspicious of such calls, as is my usual practice, I googled the phone number which led me to the who calls me site.

Above called my wife @ home, and attempted the "windows care" scam. She said her husband takes care of computer stuff and asked for a call back number. She was given the above number to call. I actually called the number from the sheriff's office where I work and told the answering party I was sergeant so and so from the (blank) county sheriff's office (true) calling to inquire about who had called my home trying to run a scam on my wife. I told him that the info was being turned over to investigators who would be looking into this situation. He said thank you (in a foreign accent) and hung up.

same sort of call from "windows care", left same no. that was at first 'disconected', later rang.  Pointed out in applications were errors, wanted access to my computer, sounded Nigerian.  Very convincing.

Please report to the FBI...
Listen friends, this is a scam company, as we already know.
By anyway you if read my message, trust me, just do anything to stop these scammers.
I have done a research and found that exactly who these people are?
You can track them down in Kolkata. There complete address is FD-14, Sector 3, Saltlake, Kolkata-91.
These gangs are headed by some goons of unsocial people. You would be surprised to know that they have a pretty good number of female employees working to assist them in all ways! (what do you think?)
Once when I called there number, a polite but cunning accented lady received, only for me to understand that they are working in night shifts. So, I figured out they are not in United States. After my research I understood the entire story. Immediately I called my card company and asked for reversal of the payment. Gladly today I received a confirmation from Visa, that I got my amount into my card back, and they also have flagged them as scammers. They are being helped to steal our money by support@niasbusinesssolutions.com.
Just do something, don't just read, comment... also complain to the authorities, fbi, ftc and cops to protect your identity, computer and money.

Yes, now we will take action, and fine them atleast 7million USD.
Not only that, all these associated people will be behind the bars at the earliest.

I know that members of the scamming gang are also reading my article. Therefore, those who want to be on the safer side just leave the job immediately, because hell is going to fall sooner than later. All of the scammers will be penalized and punished.

support@niasbusinesssolutions.com should also be aware. We won't leave you anymore. You have shamed your country and your very soul. Our money will bring misery and quarrels in your life.

Its high time, and I am gearing up for action. I have already called my bank. I pledge to every citizen to contribute in taking action against these scamming gangs at FD-14, Sector 3, Saltlake, Kolkata, India.

all of the above happened to me only i knew it was a scam when he wanted to take control of my computer  i told them i would call back then i called my virus provider. who is a very good company it  they take care of my computer all the time . they also said it was a scam .

They are still up to their SCAM!  I received a call today by a woman and asked for a number to call back  It was the 213-221-3528.  I did and he wanted me to go to my computer.  I laughed and hung up.  They both had strong accents.  i could barely understand them.
So Beware!

I called my bank and asked to reverse the payment.
All of you also please do the same to protect yourself and your country.

Recently Brian Robinson just made my husband pay thru Western Union. Its crazy. The boy told he called on behalf of Brian and scammed us. They simply stole lots of money....

Brian had later called during an odd late night time, and spoke to me and confirmed about the payment. So I think he is now running a double scam.....
The Windows Care is not approved by Microsoft or any authority. Its a huge scam. The company calls first to release the payment, if they are unsuccessful then Brian tells someone to call. I think I'd better die one day by these scammers.

Really these guys especially Neil, and his ****ers are crazy, they keep on calling all the time and disturb my parents. They left this number for us to call them back and pay for their free service. They are very unfortunate that I am a tech. I got their physical address over here and now I am mad.

Really nothing new, only disturbing and scamming. As Alicia reported they are using Western Union, so we should tell the authorities about that. Therefore, I tell everyone who has done a payment with them, just leave any contact detail over here in this forum, so that we can contact you and save your money, identity and computer as well as inform the law enforcement authorities in time.

This Scam - "the windows care" is a product of "Octane Info Solution Pvt Ltd" which is running a huge scam. Tell Microsoft, FBI and FTC about this company which is located at FD-14, Saltlake, Sector - III, Kolkata - 700091, India.

There owners are :
1. Abhishek Das (Mobile Number : 9051822026, email address : abhi08das@gmail.com & md.octane@gmail.com)
2. Abhishek Banerjee (Mobile Number : 8420169100, email : abhi198799320@gmail.com)

I also recevied a call from this number this afternoon.  It sounded REALLY convincing, especially since my friends have reported getting emails sent to them in the past 3 days by me, and yet I haven't been online in a week's time. My caller was Eric who also identified himself as a Windows representative, telling me that he got my phone number when my computer was purchased.  That was several years ago. I was suspicious and asked for a number so that I could return the call.  This is the phone number I was given.  I've tried back several times and the number was busy.  Interesting for Windows, don't ya think?  In addition, if Windows were truly calling, they would have an 800 or 877 call back number. On the third attempt, they answered, calling themselves Windows. I contacted my Internet provider and was told to change my email password immediately.  They also suggested that I contact my landline provider and report the number to the fraud department.  I waited on hold for 45 minutes with Verizon, only to find out that they do nothing.  One would think they would like to track the number to find out its validity and perhaps prevent something from happening to someone innocent.

I am a website developer and know everything what is happening on the internet. They also called my house and I pretended to be a customer only to get their website. I found it as a big scam.

Finally, I got hold of them. The so called thewindowscare.com gives the result on www.whois.com :-

Domain Name: THEWINDOWSCARE.COM
Registrar: GOOD DOMAIN REGISTRY PVT LTD.
Whois Server: whois.gooddomainregistry.com
Referral URL: http://gooddomainregistry.com
Name Server: WNS7.CLIENTSINDIA.CO.IN
Name Server: WNS8.CLIENTSINDIA.CO.IN
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 22-dec-2011
Creation Date: 22-dec-2011
Expiration Date: 22-dec-2012

Domain Name: THEWINDOWSCARE.COM      
                                 
Registrant:                      
    @helpdesk
   S.Maity        (@gmail.com)
   F-24, Katju Nagar
   Jadavpur
   kolkata
   West Bengal,700032
   IN
   Tel.  +91.9874083177      
                                 
Creation Date: 22-Dec-2011  
Expiration Date: 22-Dec-2012  
                                 
Domain servers in listed order:  
    wns7.clientsindia.co.in
   wns8.clientsindia.co.in
                 
                                 
Administrative Contact:          
    @helpdesk
   S.Maity        (@gmail.com)
   F-24, Katju Nagar
   Jadavpur
   kolkata
   West Bengal,700032
   IN
   Tel.  +91.9874083177
                                 
Technical Contact:                
    @helpdesk
   S.Maity        (@gmail.com)
   F-24, Katju Nagar
   Jadavpur
   kolkata
   West Bengal,700032
   IN
   Tel.  +91.9874083177      
                                 
Billing Contact:                  
    @helpdesk
   S.Maity        (@gmail.com)
   F-24, Katju Nagar
   Jadavpur
   kolkata
   West Bengal,700032
   IN
   Tel.  +91.9874083177        


Also, you can see the source code of the page where the customer is required to fill in all  the detais to pay them. You can do so by giving a right click on the page http://paymentgatewaynias.com/pay.php and click on view page source (or similar). After searching and clicking on some links within the source, I got an email address : abhi198799320@gmail.com which is collecting all the customers personal and sensitive informations like date of birth, card details, etc. We need to get hold of the owner of this email : abhi198799320@gmail.com

Any one who has done any sort of payment with them needs to call their card company / bank and ask them to reverse the payment / cancel the transaction.

I am a website developer and know everything what is happening on the internet. They also called my house and I pretended to be a customer only to get their website. I found it as a big scam.

Finally, I got hold of them. The so called thewindowscare.com gives the result on www.whois.com :-

Domain Name: THEWINDOWSCARE.COM
Registrar: GOOD DOMAIN REGISTRY PVT LTD.
Whois Server: whois.gooddomainregistry.com
Referral URL: http://gooddomainregistry.com
Name Server: WNS7.CLIENTSINDIA.CO.IN
Name Server: WNS8.CLIENTSINDIA.CO.IN
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 22-dec-2011
Creation Date: 22-dec-2011
Expiration Date: 22-dec-2012

Domain Name: THEWINDOWSCARE.COM      
                               
Registrant:                      
   @helpdesk
  S.Maity        (@gmail.com)
  F-24, Katju Nagar
  Jadavpur
  kolkata
  West Bengal,700032
  IN
  Tel.  +91.9874083177      
                               
Creation Date: 22-Dec-2011  
Expiration Date: 22-Dec-2012  
                               
Domain servers in listed order:  
   wns7.clientsindia.co.in
  wns8.clientsindia.co.in
               
                               
Administrative Contact:          
   @helpdesk
  S.Maity        (@gmail.com)
  F-24, Katju Nagar
  Jadavpur
  kolkata
  West Bengal,700032
  IN
  Tel.  +91.9874083177
                               
Technical Contact:                
   @helpdesk
  S.Maity        (@gmail.com)
  F-24, Katju Nagar
  Jadavpur
  kolkata
  West Bengal,700032
  IN
  Tel.  +91.9874083177      
                               
Billing Contact:                  
   @helpdesk
  S.Maity        (@gmail.com)
  F-24, Katju Nagar
  Jadavpur
  kolkata
  West Bengal,700032
  IN
  Tel.  +91.9874083177        


Also, you can see the source code of the page where the customer is required to fill in all  the detais to pay them. You can do so by giving a right click on the page http://paymentgatewaynias.com/pay.php and click on view page source (or similar). After searching and clicking on some links within the source, I got an email address : abhi198799320@gmail.com which is collecting all the customers personal and sensitive informations like date of birth, card details, etc. We need to get hold of the owner of this email : abhi198799320@gmail.com

SCAM WARNING!!!! Fraud Company called on behalf of Microsoft Windows.

As referred above in the first page of the post, there is listed the numbers of the owners of the scam company. You can contact them to get hold of them. I am copying the same below :

This Scam - "the windows care" is a product of "Octane Info Solution Pvt Ltd" which is running a huge scam. Tell Microsoft, FBI and FTC about this company which is located at FD-14, Saltlake, Sector - III, Kolkata - 700091, India.

There owners are : (numbers are Indian, in order to call you need to prefix country code +91)

1. Abhishek Das (Mobile Number : 9051822026, email address : abhi08das@gmail.com & md.octane@gmail.com)
2. Abhishek Banerjee (Mobile Number : 8420169100, email : abhi198799320@gmail.com)