800-642-7676

Getting calls everyday about same time (11:15am) never leave message and when picked up you just get dead air

this is a Microsoft phone #.  I suspect you had an XBox 360 repair recently??  Not sure - I get them too.

Called my parents saying that a virus is being sent out from their address...they don't even have the internet! He was extremely rude too.

Just had a call from someone calling himself "John".  Usual spiel about them noticing infections on my computer over the last couple of days.  I asked for a phone number and he gave me this one, which I see from Googling is mentioned as a USA phone number for Microsoft support.  However, it's obviously a scam as these things always are (there's no way someone sitting somewhere else sees an infection being sent from your computer!).  When I did a 1471, it was the usual "You were called..." message.

Another international number I am getting charged for. Extremely annoyed about this.

1-800-642-7676 or 1-800-936-5700 are MICROSOFT's Phone Numbers. And try to read this. http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/avoid-phone-scams.aspx

Hackers might've gotten a way of making these phone number/s show whenever they call their victims. So be aware.
And, Yes. Microsoft doesnt cold calls customers. If you receive a call from this number, just hang up! :)

A 'cold call' from someone claiming to be a Microsoft Technician and offer what......support! MS doesn't make cold calls, it's some person from India or a similar area 'offering' service for PC problems that probably do not exist.

You are absolutely correct. I would think it is VERY difficult to trace down a computer that is allegedly putting out infectious material can be detected via IP #. To the best of my knowledge the IP # will not tell exactly where the computer is. Better yet, In my case I was asked why I did not know my computer is putting out such information, I replied "I don't know, but I'll run an Anti Virus when I get home. Immediately she replied in an indignant (I think it was, I couldn't understand what she was saying, obviously Indian) "Oh no you can't do that, it has to be a Microsoft technician." I told her "I don't believe that at all."

I replied to another response to this, but my experience was a lady that had a heavy Indian accent, to which I could understand every third word. She said something (obviously reading from a script) my computer was putting out infectious material and it affects only Microsoft products. She asked me what kind of computer I have, I did not answers, so she started her "spiel" again. She asked if I knew my computer was doing this, I answered "No I don't." She asked me "why?", to which I replied something probably not very intelligent as this phone call aggravated me, but I told her "I didn't know because nobody told me." At that point I pretty much decided when she asked me if I wanted to schedule a "tech" to come and fix it? I have been playing with fixing computers for quite awhile, with different certifications, I told her "I'll just run my antivirus on the computer." Her immediate reply was "Oh no you can't do that, only Microsoft tech can fix that." I told her I don't think that is the case.

My phone showed "Unknown."

This number called. An automated voice said they were receiving errors from my computer. Also said they were from Microsoft. I was not using my computer. I hung up.

Calls and the message is all static

I got called by this number and when I asked if they could take me off there call list because I had no idea why they would be calling me, I immediately get cussed out saying no I won't remove your number and so on and so forth. And then to call back and figure out who these people really are I finally get someone to answer and I sat on the phone listening to people talk for 5 minutes before I get a response. I said I wanted to complain of the service and the people just sounded very uneducated and I told them that and hung up because obviously I was wasting my time.

they called 4 times in less than an hour. I get 6 or more different calls a day from strange long dist. or toll free numbers a day. this kind of mess shouldn't be happening.  There should be a way to stop it!!!!!

Prank caller

Called and asked 4 Catherine. Sounded Indian. Hung up and sounded like it was still connected.    Do not answer and block right away!

Same as all other reports, Indian, Microsoft, errors....funny." I only use a iOS and I'm in Japan right now, so not sure why my computer would be sending errors when no one is home"...she hung up.

Just got a call from "Microsoft", too.  they wanted me to do a Cntrol, then R key on my keyboard, for some reason.  This must connect them to me to hack my info.  LOL.   I hung up on 'em.

Just got a phone call from this #800-642-7676.  The guy sounded indian and was babbling about my computer sending them 3000 error messages and that someone from Nigeria must be trying to hack my computer.  When I told him I did not have access to my computer he said he would call back.  I immediately blocked the phone # from my cell......hopefully I reacted quickly enough.

These people hacked my phone.  I have a voice message from them that is foreign and really sounds arabic.  Now i cannot make  calls or send texts.  Also password is changed.