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We keep getting calls from this number. 0012127773033
No-one answers when we pick up. We do not recognise the number and are getting fed up with it.

i got a call from this number 0012127773033 a asain man he said that there were viruses on my computer that had been reported through my server i hung up best to use a caller display phone and to ignore unknown numbers

00121200099 phone number claiming got a virus on my pc. This is a phone scammer.

Same here with same number 0012120009999 a few hours ago, stating something wrong with my PC, and telling me to go to "my computer" to help me fix the problem.

reveived a call  on my landline saying that it is a phone in programme and call was in regional language ( malayalam , kerala, india) and started talking non sense  which i do not wish to write here. The caller( the man) who made the call to our land line  is 0012631073492

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.

Got a phonecall from a guy named ERIC, asking me questions about my Windows. Wanting to speak to the Head of the Household.

Got a call from 0012132554395 on sunday. Then got a call from 005153443542... When i answered, they didn't speak and just hung up... This is Sick... The worst thing is, I live in India and they call me mid night when i am asleep.. That really pisses me off.... Does anyone have any idea about it?

I was called today by someone who said they were from my telephone provider and that my computer had downloaded viruses - for a fee they would sort it out - just give my bank details - I said I had no computer - and what telephone provider - caller hung up. Obvious scam

Miss call from 0012102490540  number received today 9th of Jan.2014 at  about 13.30 hrs.try to call back  it is dead line.could please kindly make enquiry . Thank you

0012102490540 is another number - have phoned 5 times - I just do not answer.

who this no 001 2132237128

Me too. Thought it was my relatives in USA and tried to call them back but the line went dead. Now realise it was obviously a scam!! Thanks for the info.

I received a call from 0012102490540 and tried to find out who made it but stopped dialling after 5 seconds.
I want to stop all international calls but BT appear to not want to help can you?

Received call from 0012102490540 on March 21 about 1400 hrs. I picked up but did not speak and line went dead after about 15 seconds.

0012102490540 called this morning. no answer I was ready for them this time and blew my whistle down the line they hung up, LOL scammers

Received a call from one of these numbers claiming to be from windows support. I was already suspicious so I asked the guy for a number to be able to call back and confirm what he was saying was true and he hung up.

The awful thing is this happened to be at my mother's house. It was just lucky I was there as my mum, though getting better, is not confident with technology and may have fallen for this scheme.

0012102490540 is a company offering to "recycle your kitchen" (presumably for a monetary scam).
Telephone Preference Services (TPS) cannot help as this crew are outside the UK. Earlier today a similar bunch called from an 020 (UK) prefix, but unless you manage to get the company name and address TPS "are powerless to help". Is TPS a useless QUANGO?
I have contacted EE (the Orange/Tmobile group), who have offered to guide me through a blocking programme they have. I will let you know if it works!

Got a call from 0012102490540 about a PC virus. They said they were from Microsoft. Guess what: Microsoft had nothing to do with it!
Then another call about the same thing which displayed as an international call, but the number they gave was 08081891432. IGNORE THEM !

This is the number (0012102490540) along with others that I get regularly and again today.......I dont answer.
Having said that, a lot of these calls are now left on my answer machine (crafty)!!
I have just received a new number to enter so they are unable to call back.  It was given by my provider for
nuicence calls.