New Scam circling?

thunderbird

Mupette wrote: »

Just tell them you don't own a computer at all.

My parents had one of these calls and that is the reply they gave (not that is it true). There's not really any further the conversation can go after that.

Pennylane

thunderbird wrote: »

My parents had one of these calls and that is the reply they gave (not that is it true). There's not really any further the conversation can go after that.

Yeah, my elderly Mum gave the same answer - but she really hasn't got a computer!:rotfl:

sabbykins

My BIL phoned today to let us know he'd signed up to a company that have offered to 'fix' his pc and secure it. I'm not 100% sure what they said but he fell for it

He forwarded me the invoice and it has this address for the company:

Global PC Helpline
D-66, Sector 63
Receipt: 20120134
Noida, U.P, India Sold To xxxxxx xxxxxx
800-014-8910

Fax 1.800.014.8910
support@globalpchelpline.com

I DO know he let them have remote access and charged him £249.99 :eek: Apparently (according to their email) they:

1.optimize the computer.
2.Optimize the browser.
3.Remove the errors.(2000+)
4.Remove the conflicting softwares.
5.Remove the corrupted files.
6.Install Microsoft security essentials for lifetime.
7.Stop the unwanted files to harm the windows.
8.Remove the unwanted files.
9.Increase the performance.
10.92% windows files are affected.
11.Renew the windows.
12.Remove the threats.
13.Remove the trojan files.
14.Update the windows security software.
15.Run services from microsoft windows.

I've told him it's a scam and he's now in the process of sorting it out before he gets fleeced. I feel very sorry for him!

I just wanted to give a heads up about this company, it appears to be a relatively new one!

Keep safe!

euronorris

darlyd wrote: »

"global internet technology service (GITS)"

Their name alone is a giveaway! GITS - they certainly are!

Mrs.W_2

Mupette wrote: »

Just tell them you don't own a computer at all.

I did, then I put the phone down. They immediately called back to ask if I used a laptop or accessed the web on a cell phone.

When I stated I had no internet subscription whatsoever the guy hung up on me.

Most of the time, I ask the scammer to hold the line, then carry on with whatever I was doing until they get the hint, and hang up. A second call in a single day has me reaching for the tin whistle I keep in my desk drawer.

pearl123

I've had about four of these type of calls in the last month. It has alway been my Pc has a virus etc. Anyway, after letting them rabbit on for a few minutes with me say "yeh" yeh" "I see". Just when they think they've hooked me I tell them that I've got no computer.

I must admit I really sick of the direct marketing calls.

[Deleted User]

Yes i've had these quite a lot over the last few months, despite me asking them not to call again or telling them ill get my husband to check as he's an IT manager (he is!).

Doesnt deter them though, had about 8 so far. Mind you though, not had one recently, maybe they have lost interest.

Another giveaway is when they are for me in my maiden name, anyone who needs to speak to me knows differently, so they are just using a very old mailing list.

Glitzkiss

I also had one of these today unfortunately.

I don't normally answer when I see Unknown or Withheld on the handset but as I was expecting an important phone call from a company that I know comes through as Unknown I picked it up. As soon as I heard the Indian accent I was fairly certain it wasn't the call I was expecting and once he mentioned Microsoft I knew. Normally I would just hang up but this time I told him off for wasting my time and suggested he got a proper job that didn't involve scamming people :cool:

meritaten

yes - its a scam of course. I doubt very much Microsoft care if my computer has a virus or goes into meltdown! the purpose of this call is to persuade non-computer savvy people to log on to a website which allows them (the scammers) to 'take control' of THIER computer! from which they can download a lot of usefull info - passwords, bank details etc.

They tried me once - upon which I informed them that I built my computer and KNOW there is nothing which can get through my firewalls and they had exactly five seconds to hang up! which they did in one!
bluff of course - but I do have quite a few computing courses under my belt which includes BTec in computing and Microsoft Masters in Word, Excel and Access.

eamon

I'm begining to feel left out. I've yet to have one of these phone calls. It took many years to receive a Nigerian banking scam e-mail. I felt as if I had finally arrived and my very existance verified, fame is thankfully fleeting! Of course my e-mail junk folder gets stuffed with phising e-mails from spoof banks on a regular basis, but that must hardly count as unusual anymore.