Windows scam beware

broxiebear1

HI JUST RECIEVED A PHONE CALL REGARDING MY COMPUTER FROM SOMEONE CLAIMING TO BE FROM MICROSOFT , SAYING I HAD CORRUPT FILES ON MY COMPUTER , HE GETS YOU TO GO TO START THEN RUN THEN TYPE IN TREE AND YOU SEE WARNING S ON YOUR COMPUTER , THEN HE GETS YOU TO GO TO A SITE CALLED AMMYY AND DOWNLOAD THEIR SOFTWARE AFTER THAT YES I WAS TAKEN IN , HE SAYS HE CAN RECOVER FAULTS FOR £120 FOR 2 YEARS PROTECTION THATS WHEN I TOLD HIM TO f OFF AND HUNG UP ON HIM HE IS VERY CONVINSING WELL HE PHONED TODAY AGAIN SAME CRAP THIS TIME I TOLD HIM HE WAS BEING RECORDED AND I EVENTUALLY TOLD HIM TO GO AND F HIMSELF LOL
HE THEN SAID F YOU PMSL.
BE WARNED,
BROXIE

bod1467

Seems there is a problem with your PC - the CAPSLOCK key is stuck.

iamchrisli

We have lots report locally that people are getting phone calls like that, even people does not have a computer !!!

brewerdave

When phoned a few days ago I told someone from " Microsoft Computer Centre" that I couldn't have got any problems on my PC because I hadn't got the internet or a phone line! Confused silence ensued ...followed by the dial tone!!

kwikbreaks

Why can't these people phone when I'm bored and have some time on my hands? I was in a real hurry the only time I got one of these calls so I'm embarrassed to admit that I just said I don't have time for this so !!!! off.

visidigi

broxiebear1 wrote: »

HI JUST RECIEVED A PHONE CALL REGARDING MY COMPUTER FROM SOMEONE CLAIMING TO BE FROM MICROSOFT , SAYING I HAD CORRUPT FILES ON MY COMPUTER , HE GETS YOU TO GO TO START THEN RUN THEN TYPE IN TREE AND YOU SEE WARNING S ON YOUR COMPUTER , THEN HE GETS YOU TO GO TO A SITE CALLED AMMYY AND DOWNLOAD THEIR SOFTWARE AFTER THAT YES I WAS TAKEN IN , HE SAYS HE CAN RECOVER FAULTS FOR £120 FOR 2 YEARS PROTECTION THATS WHEN I TOLD HIM TO f OFF AND HUNG UP ON HIM HE IS VERY CONVINSING WELL HE PHONED TODAY AGAIN SAME CRAP THIS TIME I TOLD HIM HE WAS BEING RECORDED AND I EVENTUALLY TOLD HIM TO GO AND F HIMSELF LOL
HE THEN SAID F YOU PMSL.
BE WARNED,
BROXIE

sorry...I can't quite hear you, could you repeat that?

ChiefGrasscutter

Another favourite reply is....

Oh, Which one of my Apple mac's would that be then?

texranger

I usually say " Thank you for calling Microsofts UK support centre, hang on until i put you through to my supervisor" and guess what they always hang up

daggy

I had one of these calls last year...

They get you to open up the system event log and they tell you that anything with a warning or error next to it is a corrupt file or virus....

I had nothing better to do, so kept them on the phone for over two hours, they even passed me on to the 'supervisor'. I'm sure she threatened to have me arrested at one point.... told me they were base din manchester.

I recorded the conversations, I'll have to see if i can find the files

broxiebear1

hi first of all sorry for having caps on , phoned bt they said that there was nothing they could do baout it as calls were from outside uk, i am just wondering how many people have fell for the scam, i am normally suspicious with things like that but was nearly had.

speedbird007_2

I had one of these earlier this year and when I said that I was a web designer and was damn sure that my system was clean the line went dead! lol