091618

Just had a phone call from a number 091618 ( found afterwards using 1471)
Be very AWARE the english speaking lady said that i had downloaded some viruses and she would help me remove them by going through my PC with me.
I have heard of this before and they gain info about your windows key through to turning on remote access.
I didnt get to hear the full name of who she was calling from but it has DATA SYSTEM in their name

BE AWARE this is very serious

sorry this was in the UK

But be aware it will hit all countries ................ spamming tossers

Yeah, i've just had a call from them too.

I to had a call from that number. But I knew it was junk so I never picked the phone.

Just had a call from them too. Didn't pick up as we get caller ID.

I have just had this call as well - i told her - bearing in mind that im a Microsoft Certified engineer - when i asked for more details - they put the phone down. She sounded like she was calling from india or something.
They are trying to gain remote access to your pc - highly illegal and they need stopping now.
Hang em!!!

That was an unpleasant start to the day - bloke was very convincing - even in the light of my questions about data protection and surprise that he couldn't tell me which Windows version I was running, despite these supposed 'error reports' he'd been receiving. They gave their number as 02081440285. F'in fibbers.

Don't forget to report these crims when you get called:

https://secure.consumerdirect.gov.uk/reportascam.aspx

It will help Consumer Direct build up a profile for that particular scam.

Ned

Unsolicited call received today (and on other days) on my BT landline
Nothing spoken
1471 showed the caller ID to be 091618

As above, on my mobile (but I redirect from home, so it may have been to home)

Male, Indian accent; when I asked what company they were, repeated "The windows support". Asked to speak to his supervisor, but he was "on another call". Asked for information about their company "to report them to the authorities" - he went quiet, but didn't hang up. Eventually I got fed up and hung up myself.

Tried to report to ICSTIS - their website is broken at present!
Reported to Consumer Direct (RIP)

I had a call today from this number but it was interrupted and all I heard was "Hello". They did not call again

Just received a call now - it disconnected upon me answering.

just had a call from 091618 from an indian lad saying he was from the windows support centre in london, i replied i was busy, which i was, running a garage and he started going into one about he was busy and didnt appreciate me saying i was busy. he was very irate, i couldnt understand most of the things he was saying as he was speaking far too load on the phone and quite upset at the prospect that upon cold calling someone with a very poor attempt at getting some computer details that they might actually not give a toss who he was or what he wanted and then hung up on me, how rude.

please could all you scammers out there just do one, or at least watch the real hustle for a reasonably good scam idea.

Male, African accent, calling to advise that my computer had downloaded malicious files and that he would assist in removing them. When asked for his credentials, faltered and hung up.

We get a call from 091618 nearly every day. The African or Indian person tells us our computer has got viruses or other problems. We know this is a scam so put the phone down. We have excellent security which we pay for so obviously don't believe them. How can we stop these calls? We have registered our number with the Telephone Preference Service.

Just had a call from this number. Disconnected on answering. I am in the Isle of Man.

Two calls from this number. Disconnected on answer. I'm also in the Isle of Man

Just had a very long conversation with them. They claim that they work for Windows Support Department, they would tell me how they got my telephone number, or respond to any of my questions trying to prove who they were, and why I should trust them.

In the end the guys tried to route of asking why I trust a cook at a restaurant that I go to. Then when I said that I wasn't willing to do anything more unless he could prove to me that he was from Windows, either by telling me which department he's from so that I could look through the Microsoft website for the department and call them back.

Finally he tried asking why he should believe I'm not related to or working for Osama Bin Laden. As you can imagine I hung up the phone.

just had call from this number, no one answered, 3rd in 2 days

My 82 year old Dad has had several calls from this number over last few days. apparently an Indian accent who speaks very fast and doesn't seem to stop for breath ~ tells my dad his computer is sending out malicious emails.
very interesting as my Dad doesn't have a computer!

https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Calls.aspx/091

These are just a sample of the latest cold calls from these cold calling Indian con artists and fraudsters.

https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/091562
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/091148
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/091566
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/091547
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/091618
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/091597
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/091496
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/091483
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/091591

here's the forum where they buy and sell the personal data of members of the public in the UK,US,Canada and other English speaking countries.

http://www.callcentersindia.com/call_center_forum.php

some of those call centres were behind some of this:
'council tax scam'
http://www.google.com/search?q=council+tax+scam&hl=en&tab=nw

http://www.callcentersindia.com/showall-orig. ... l_tax_claims_UK

http://www.callcentersindia.com/showall-orig. ... l_tax_claims_UK