0280050590

Hi there,

I too got a call from a indian call centre, a man named Mark said my computer has many dangerous files that are corrupt and will eventually slow down my computer to a stop.
They went through the command promt exercise, by asking my to put in "inf risk" and showing me all the many files, as well as showing me in "Computer" where all these files are sitting and being downloaded because my firewall is not working properly.


Mal

I never got passed 15seconds as I askedthe Indian called Roger? his Phone number , He gave this one. I then told him 'That's time enougth to TAG you I am with the 'Aust Fededral Police' (joke)
SLAM, no more annoying Call Centres! Haa Haa

Did they offer you a bowl of rice? get real turn your computer off, and get it looked at locally.Hope it's not too late

had exactly the same phonecall and my firewall switched off! will run avg and try to fix firewall.

Remember this number. I asked to speak to an australian and laughed at three people trying to sound aussie. Asked for ABN number and they said 400069788948326. Never seen an ABN that long. They are stalkers and Westpac advised me its a scam.

Its a scam any body telling you it isn't is a part of it.
How do they get away with using the same number for so long?
Microsoft seem aware of it cause they have advice on how to deal with it.  Why don't they actually do something about it?
I get 1 call from this number a week give or take.

Its a scam any body telling you it isn't is a part of it.
How do they get away with using the same number for so long?
Microsoft seem aware of it cause they have advice on how to deal with it.  Why don't they actually do something about it?
I get 1 call from this number a week give or take.

02 8005 0590 - Scam Number

We had two call's from them last night first at 5pm and my mum told them we did not have a computer and asked for there name and number which they gave her.  Then at about 8pm they called back and  I answered the call.  The same usual spin "hello I'm a microsoft technician and you have virisus on your computer".  I said it's ok I can fix it myself as I work for 'MICROSOFT"  and guess what the phone
went dead silent and they hung up on me.  Hopefully they won't be calling back.

Yeah i've been getting calls as well. I said i had a mac, and they hung up straight away. The second time, i mentioned something about being from the police and they hung up, moments later another guy from the same place called and asked if it was really the police and i just got real angry and told him to stop calling, nothing back yet....hopefully they stop calling!

I just got a call and I thought it sounded authentic as i have been haveing trouble with my computer running very slowly and randomly disconnecting from I/Net.

They wanted access to my computer to fix the problem & pay $99 for ongoing protection    I told them i would call them back & they gave me this number which i then googled & got this site.

This is a SCAM do not give them any details.  I have a mac and they rang my partner who is, how do I say this, very technologically challenged - but luckily even he smelt a rat and told them he would get me to ring.  I just googled the number and found this thread.  Like someone else - it's interesting, I recently bought Office for Mac - bit of a coincidence Microsoft Australia???  Could it be that one of their staff who has access to registration details is doing this?  Who would know.  Anyway, I would not tell them anything.

Don't know who these people are but they called today (12/12/11) and said they were from Chatswood ant that my operating system has been compromised - and that the firewall is not working and is causing a malfunciton in Windows.

They called my wife today and told her they were a Windows Service Company. Same deal - major security issues with her computer. She asked for their number and called them back. She was not convinced and hung up. They rang again. She told them they were scammers and not to call her again. We'll see what happens.

These guys are a scam. Try a legitimate IT company like www.newtonsnerds.com . I have now had three clients called by these people. When you get calls like this report them to NSW Fair Trading (http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/default.html).

Oh by the way www.newtonsnerds.com/computer-repairs.html is a computer repair company based in Sydney, Australia.

coincidence

scammers, will let police know.

I got this call just couple of days ago, and told me to Windows Technical problem in my system, and he can could help me out for that. They gave me this number and ask me call them back !! Be aware guys they are bloody hackers. Let Police knows.

In too have received such a call, I really don't know what to do.
I am think whether it is OK to just hang up.

I too have just received one of these calls from Windows.  I asked for a number to call them back on, of which I was given 02 80050590.  They told me I had serious fire wall problems.  I do buy online, through eBay and Strawberrynet.  I will try and peruse this with Telstra.