630-752-9984

Got a call from India from this number. Logmein123 scammers.

Got a call from this number, a male voice said that they were from windows, and said that there was a virus going around that has affected 90,000 computers and that they wanted to check to see if mine was affected. He asked to go to my home page, and to start typing something in. This seemed odd to me, so I hung up the phone. He called me back right away and apologized for the dropped call, but according to my caller id ... he was phoning from a payphone. That number was 972-453-9824 so I started asking questions about providing me with some proper id, and why he phoned back on a payphone and he hung up.

Scammers from india. Actually called me 4 times today. Each time I said stop calling. He actually said "what the [***]!" In his indian accent. Told me stop being rude and told me to tell him how to increase his sales. What in the hellllll????

This number (and a bunch of others from who I believe is the same scammers) keep calling for my daughter (19 yrs old).  Today I told them she wasn't here and to take our name off the calling list.  He said "No, you are lying."  I told him I didn't care if I was lying or not to take my name off the list.  He hung up.

My husband called the number back and there was a recording for someone named Roland.  He left a not so nice message.

Just tell him to find a normal job not to be a creeper.

1-12-12   got a call from this number...male with Indian accent...said my computer was sending out signals and for me to turn my computer on and he would help me with the problem etc...bottom line I said, "I wasn't born yesterday!" and hung up....beware!

This number just called in on my fax line.

Said hello, silence then a woman's voice said goodbye

Man with an Indian accent said he was from Windows and that my computer had sent him some signal. I asked him which computer, as there are multiples in my house. He could not answer and said we would have to try them all. Yeah right! Asked me to open the run program screen by hitting the windows key and r at the same time. Then he said I needed to enter something into that. I told him that it sounded like he wanted to take over my computer and hug up on him. I hope they dont call back.

Below is a copy n paste from another forum explaining the scam:-

I get these phone calls about one a week. Last time, I was ready for them: I had a machine set up with a clean XP installation, so I played dumb to see what they would do.

They pose as "Windows Support Centre", or suchlike, and say that they've been receiving reports from your computer that there's a problem. You'll probably be asked how old the machine is - however old it is, seemingly, you'll be told that the warranty on your Windows software has expired, or that you should have taken one out when you bought it. Then, you'll be talked though opening something called the Event Viewer, and shown a screen that contains a number of warnings and errors. They will tell you that this is serious, even to the extent that it's causing problems that might force your ISP to cut your connection and/or inform the police.

Let's stop here and make two points:

1. There may well be something called a "Windows warranty". However, I have been a Microsoft Partner for nearly a decade, and I've never heard of such a thing. I think we can assume that if such a thing existed, Microsoft would be sending me lots of information on how I can make money selling it. They haven't, because there isn't.

2. I've never seen an Event Viewer that didn't have warnings and errors, and I've been a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer since 1999. Its function is to keep a record of everything that happens to the operating system so that people like me can find out what's happening if something has gone wrong. Most of the time, though, there's nothing to be alarmed about - in my case, most of the warnings were due to a printer not being found on the network because I'd switched it off.

OK, so the next stage is that you get passed to the "Technical Department". This is where it got interesting: I was told that a six digit support number was being generated so that my problem could be resolved, and I was directed to a website called logmein123, where I could enter this number. Now, this is a common tool used by people like me to fix machines over the network - clients call me with a problem, I can connect to the machine and show them what to do without having to leave my office. In this case, they were going to "fix" my machine. So I let them in. At this point, we will pause for a warning:

WARNING: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME ON YOUR MACHINE. I WAS GIVING THIS GUY COMPLETE ACCESS TO MY COMPUTER. HE COULD DO ANYTHING HE LIKED, TRANSFER FILES TO INSPECT AT LEISURE, ETC. I WAS USING A MACHINE WITH NOTHING ON IT BUT THE OPERATING SYSTEM. REPEAT: DO NOT LET ANYONE YOU DO NOT KNOW AND TRUST ONTO YOUR SYSTEM IN THIS WAY.

The first thing was that as soon as he connected, I could see the IP address he was connecting from, and I was able to trace this back to a company name, and trace the company back to its offices in Mumbai. While I was doing this (on another machine), I was watching a rather nasty piece of software being uploaded to my machine and installed. A bit of fiddling around, and I was asked to try running a few programs. Lo and behold, they all crashed with frightening looking error messages - remember, this was a machine that was working perfectly a few minutes before. This was explained as a consequence of the problems that I was having before, and that the diagnostic program they were running was now blocking programs that could get me into trouble.

This was the point at which I was asked for money - they started at £100 to fix the problem I already had, with an additional £80 for a simple one year warranty to protect me in the future, or if I preferred, I could give them £299 for an all-in package including fix, anti-virus software and a five year warranty. Visa and Mastercard accepted. If I didn't want to go ahead, then I wouldn't be able to do anything with it until it was fixed.

At this point I let him know what I was doing, complete with telling him the name and address of the company he was working for. I expected him to hang up on me, but he decided to argue with me, at one point telling me that I wasn't an MCSE and I didn't know what I was talking about. In the end, I just told him that if he had been in this country, he could expect to be arrested, and hung up on him.

So, in summary, I wasted my time in this way so you don't have to. If these pirates call you, don't say a word. Just put the phone down.

I want to thank you for going the extra mile so that less sophisticated individuals could benefit from your efforts and expertise.  Your efforts are greatly appreciated.  Kudos!!!

I have already reported this scammer to the Feds.

Thanks for the info - he/she/they rang me in the UK but just silence.  If they ring again I'll be ready.

Called said they were from Windows and they had been notified that my computer is infected with viruses. I talked to a couple different people, all who had accents and were somewhat hard to understand. I finally told them I was not sure they were from windows and that I was not continuing, so he said okay and hung up.

Scam call under the guise of windows support.  Persistent little [***] called for the 3rd time in 2 days.  If you follow their instructions you will loose information and put your system at risk.

scammers trying to take over computer

Have received phony calls from this number in the past, telling me they're from Microsoft and my computer is infected with a virus.  Indian-sound male with threatening tone.  Bogus.  This time it's a professional sounding female voice recording telling me that the IRS is suing me and I should call a different number immediately.  Caller ID says Neesha Patel.  Also very bogus.  Neither Microsoft nor the IRS operate this way.

This number left a message claiming they were from the IRS and that it was my last chance to contact them and they're filing a lawsuit against me. How pathetic can they be trying that one? LOL! They also left a number I should call, 202-239-7490, but when I tried calling it to bust them out, it said the number was disconnected, darn.

same thing here said it was from IRS and they had law suit left a number for me to call and it kept ringing busy

Got a call from this number 2 days ago, saying he qas from the IRS. Used this number as contact info.