I had 2 calls today from PC Masters who appear to be in Sydney. I am suspicious that somehow my earlier enquiry to NAB had something to do with this.

I had exactly the same call today, its obviously a scam. I do two things , firstly I go along and play act like I'm really glad they are letting me know------ it's so amusing because you can sense them getting excited that they have finally found a mug------ then I tell them that someone is at the door and could they hang on for a minute while I answer it. Then I just leave them hanging on-----play them at their  own game!

Tried going through Online Fraud reporting - at the end I got this message (the online system didn't give me the option to report the phone number, so they are obviously not that interested):

Thank you for taking time to complete the Action Fraud report. From the answers you have given we believe that this is a matter that should be reported to Consumer Direct. Consumer Direct are a Government funded service who take reports on scams.

0845 404 0506 or Minicom 0845 1281 384. Open 8am - 8pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 1pm on Saturday.


www.consumerdirect.gov.uk

There was no obvious section on their website to report the fraudulant number/organisation, so I gave up. Maybe someone with more time to spare might do this.

Had a from this number , lady with broken english claiming to be a windows technician and it had been reported that my PC had faults. Asked which company was she calling from but she just said windows computer company.  I questioned on how did she know I had a fault. She demanded that i go straight to my pc and switch it on . I have more than one PC and requested if she new so much which one was it . Immediately  hung up on me !

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centresThe guardian has done a story on this!

Also been getting calls from this company on a daily basis for the last week. Claimed to be a Windows technician and that there was something wrong with the computer. They knew my name and I'm ex-directory so don't know where they got my number from. Beware!

Had a call from this number earlier today, after a 30 second silence, from a woman claiming to be from PC Masters. I asked where they got my details from, to which she replied your PC.

I asked how my PC was sending her my details and she hung up on me. When I did 1471, got the number and tried calling, number was not recognised.

I'm wary of giving details over the phone anyway and certainly am even more wary of sales calls, so was never going to give information anyway.