01865600898

They are active and rang me last night 23rd April. Name Frank Martin wanted me to enter the run command into my computer so that they could help sure a malicious infection............... needless to say I didn't go any further but took the details so that I could call him back.. which I won't be doing.............. just wanted to Google the number and guess what I found. :-) ! Good luck to all you others - passing the details on to the authorities.

I also received a call from support4pcs and was very suspcious.  I phoned Dell themselves and they said to ignore these calls as they are a money making scam.  They also said windows error messages had been sent to them, as my service provider and showed me were to see all the errors on my pc.  It all sounded legit and I can see how easily people can get caught out by these scam artists.  Said they were based in Oxfordshire but that calls were routed via Ireland.  They gave me an 0035 # to call back on, but haven't tried it and have lost the # now.  They wanted to connect to my computer and to charge £80 for a year's support or £180 for three years support.  We need to spread the word to make sure people don't fall into their trap.

I got an unsolicited call from an international number by a man with a foreign accent saying my Windows computer had errors and he wanted to dial in to remove viruses. He said he was a "microsoft certified partner" and was calling from the Windows company. I asked him what number he was calling from and he said to call the helpline number, 0186 5600 898. This is a scam. Beware!

ur r simply a stupid person.i tried 2 hip u nd u call me a scam.great!!!brainless monkey go hv a banana!!!

Had a call this morning which followed a pattern similar to those described in previous accounts here. It ended with the caller saying that he would ring back since, I told him it was not convenient for me to switch on my computer right then. I'd had another call a few days earlier and my response then had been to say that I didn't trust the caller and that I was going to ring off; he beat me to it....demonstrating a suspicious style of customer service skills - I wonder where they got their training...?

Hey, what a coincidence, 'Mark' just now rang again as promised from this morning: well at least he's prompt and keeps his word on calling back! Can't think why.... As it is, I think I communicated my views fairly clearly to him - having had a chance to check on-line and seen this site. Thank you!

Having decided to find out more from the caller this morning, I found him evasive when I asked how he had got my phone number and got a garbled response about registration codes, providers etc. His muddled avoiding tactic was aided by an Indian/Asian accent. Interestingly there were other phone operative voices in the background, as with a call centre, so they seem to be doing this on an industrial scale; that, or otherwise using sound effects!

A last word: I subscribe to a cheap calls service from Onetel, which is part of the TalkTalk Group. I notice that another contributor last December (Carol) commented that  the only connection in common between the people who had been called was that they were both with TalkTalk. This, of course, could be total coincidence since nobody else has said the same thing; however, I would like to know their source for our numbers, or whether it's just random trawling through phone directories.

same happen with me yesterday...he got   pound from my account then they enter in my computer take control of mouse n keyboard for cleaning n fixing...i have video

i have lost 35 pound...this time they was say that my computer is hacked and they calling from microsoft windows support system becuaz i am a regesterd user and they want to inform me...so what shell i do ? i reply to him (they was Indian ) he said type. http://www.ammyy.com/en/ in your browser so i type n go to this website you can go and see whats this...then they take all control of my computer and scan for hacking file they download Advanced WindowsCare Persnol2 and scan with it its found 29575 error in system security defence they difragment my hard drive...disable all add in internet explorer like yahoo toolbar google toolbar some other its all for 1 and half hour proces then they gone and say close all windows and take back control your computer its clean now...i allready doing deffragment i have norton antivirus all good security software but still dont know how they call me on my home number at the end i got there subsciption for half year protection in 35 pound he try so much 250 pound subscription for 5 years protection against hacker but was not success..i paid online them and i never buy anything online before...and i know in india you can get UK bank card include address so easy so cheap with mony in account..did you know that ? its news i read on BBC.com a year ago...BEWARE ..m going to change my card and pin now

My nanna has just received a phone call from someone claiming to work for 'Windows'  (yes I know) and that her computer had errors.  My nanna was took in by this but is totally computer illiterate so she said they would have to speak to me.  They eventually gave her this number.  I then researched the number and found many sites like this.  I dare say some people will fall for this.  They basically want access to your computer to get your personal details and\or plant viruses to then sell you software. SCAM.  Wonder if they are purposely targetting old people and possibly vunerable people.  NO ONE WILL EVER RING YOU FROM MICROSOFT.  Been in computers for 15 years and I have never ever had any phone call from any company regarding a problem I have had with a PC.  If YOU have a problem with your computer then its always YOU that rings up (unless its a callback about an existing problem).   Beware

I too took a call from Robin Parker who was most definitely foreign - Pakistan/Indian, and his English was a bit dodgy as well.  

He took me through the following

1.    ‘start’, ‘run’ and then type in inf
2.    Took me to page and when there he asked me how many files were in there?  About 100+   ‘Oh my Jesus’, you should only have 10 – 20 files in there – Oops
3.    We then went to ‘run’ again only this time I had to type in ‘cmd’, then ‘assoc’.  3rd row up from the bottom was my personal CLSID- 888DCA60FCOA 11CF 8FOF 00C04FD7D062 – He read this number out to me as My Personal Computer ID and proof that it was my computer sending the info to Microsoft, funny thing though is that my boyfriend has the same code!
4.    Then we went to ‘My Computer’ and ‘right clicked’ on it and then ‘Manage’.  After that I had to go into ‘Event Viewer’, then ‘System’ Oh my Jesus I have a lot of files in there which I shouldn’t have, and the same in somewhere else – can’t remember as I was losing interested in what he was saying..
5.    He then took me to my Internal Software Security Protection which was not active.  He asked me why I had not renewed after the first year – was this due to financial problems?  Like I would tell him that!!!

It was at this point that he wanted me to go to www.support.me and let his technical person look at my computer.  I pushed him then as to how much this was going to cost me and he told me that it would be FREE – yeah right – At this point I told him that I wanted more information about him and his company.  He was after all a total stranger to me.  

He was insistent that his company had the legal papers and everything as they were basically working in conjunction with Microsoft and had their authority to do this work on their behalf.  I pushed him and he told me that the company name was Advance Support and that they were connected to Kalsoft.  Website being – www.ekalsoft.com   This website has on it that they were Microsoft’s Partner of the Year 2010.  Sounds good and looks good.  

After pushing him more and telling him that I work for a IT Technical Helpdesk and that I was going to speak to our Security team about this call.  He was very reluctant to give me the information.  Telephone number and address in Oxford as previous people have reported.  01865600898 and the address of Prama House 276 Banbury Road Oxford

What I find ridiculous is that a year after this number was first reported here it is still active.

Just received a call from Global tcs solutions :24th June 2011, a company claming to work for microsoft/window security..... She said press the windows log key(flags) and the letter r at the same time, then a run window will appear( black screen) , then said to type in c m d , then ok, which brings up the CLS id. number......Lady read out  my CLS ID Number, claimed it was a confidential number that i should never give to anyone....
888dca60-fcoa-11cf  etc.....
I rang ASUS and  they said it was a scam...next time they ring hang up.

Ok then I went on your website and had a look, where is the Microsoft Certified Badge?? Plus Im sure you dont spell facing with a "e" and service isn't spelt like this (servive)

Lady rang back x4, (the same night, at the exact time I asked her to call back) I didn't answer the phone and on her 4th attempt to get thru to me, she left a message on my answering service............. "Hi this is Sharon calling you from the computer maintainance department of windows, OK".......left no contact details.....very bossy and persistent.
BEWARE: THIS IS A SCAM.....JUST HANG UP !

Call from 'Sam Wilson' asking me if I had problems with my computer.  He asked me to do some commands of the computer but when I asked what would I expect to happen he said its obvious I don't know much about computers so we can help.

Became agitated when I said I would look into the company (gave the name KalSoft).

I also got the scam call claiming to be from Kalsoft Tech Solution a Microsoft Partner.  He wanted me to logon to my computer but I refuses and fortunately checked on Google.

When I asked him where he got my landline number he was very evasive, which made me very suspicious - lucky for me hey !

Someone please put these type of scamsters behind bars !!!

even i gt this cl a few days back... they promised to fix my computer .. wit the service.. they did that and even now wen i have any problem wit my computer i call them.. true they  r not scam if so they would have taken the money n gone.. bt i gt feedback from  them whenever i call back...

This is a scam number! I called Microsoft personally and they informed me that these people are nothing but a bunch of scammers, probably from India.

They basically try to convince you that your PC is loaded with viruses and that the only way that you can resolve this problem is by downloading their phoney "Fix".

This so-called fix, I have been informed by Microsoft, allows them to access your PC's information when you have downloaded it, they will also charge you for the "privilege" of this too.

Don't give them the time of day, call Microsoft yourself to verify this yourself if you are suspicious about this type of call, Microsoft informed me that they don't make these type of calls via the telephone to Microsoft users.

The guy who called me claimed that he was named "Ethan Parker" told me to give him my email address then informed me that I have to download software which I would have to pay for in order to renew my Microsoft Security Software with that organisation.

These people are very convincing so beware, do not get taken-in by these crooks.

Call from this company saying that my computer was infected. I was suspicious straight away as my computer is fine and has not been slow as they suggested. The guy, Indian, said that they were calling on behalf of Microsoft. I was realy uncomfortable with this call.

I recieved a cal from a Sam Barker claiming to be from Microsoft Windows and informing me that my computer was running slow ? due to a virus, and would I boot it up so that he could run some tests on my computer, said it would take about 20mins, I said that I didn't wnat to turn on my laptop at this time and asked him where he was calling from and also asked who my IP server was, as I thought he should know this, he knew nothing , he gave me his number so I could ring him back he said he was based in Oxfordshire on 0186500898. After questioning him further, he said "you sound as though you don't trust me, I said I don't and told him to email me, needless to say he never did!

Tried to get me to enter things into my computer and then when I asked her to authenticate who her company was I could not understand her and she swore at me and hung up

Same thing happened to me, Don't do it. If you found this site you searched like me and didn't so GOOD JOB!!