Comments on (02) 8006 2085

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0 complaints this year, 97 total complaints

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Comments on (02) 8006 2085

02 8006-8526

Posted on November 24, 2018
Caller type: Robocall
Location: Australia
Caller: ATO

Same as a lot of you, prerecorded call, saying I owe money to tax and a warrant has been put out for my arrest. I just hung up.
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A K.

Posted on September 14, 2018
Caller type: Unknown
Location: Australia
Caller: Mark Wilson

Said he was from Telstra , that my internet would be cut off from 6.00 pm tonight snd that several people were using my internet.
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ken

Posted on June 13, 2013
Caller type: Telemarketer
Location: Australia
It is the bastards who runs the telephone services who sell our numbers to them. We just lie down and take it like cowards.
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Spin

Posted on January 12, 2012
Caller type: Telemarketer
Location: Australia
Have had the same call multiple times now. It has been going on for a few months and they won't stop calling.
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Charlie

Posted on September 13, 2011
Caller type: Unknown
Location: Australia
(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.
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Adelaide

Posted on March 1, 2011
Caller type: Telemarketer
Location: Australia
These guys have rung here at least 50 times over many months, the latest is now a tirade of verbal abuse and racial comments and swearing profanity to us on the phone by these people, what powers do australian regularity bodies have to shut these clowns down
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Sample complaints we have found for (02) 8006 2085

John Doe (not really)

I just received a call from a "Microsoft agent" Saying that they had detected a virus broadcasting from my computer and that they where able to track me down using my CLSID. "Jimmy" kept insisting that I go to my computer and turn it on so he can match the CLSID automatically. I knew he was full of s**t for a couple reasons:

- The line went "blup" when I picked up, so this was random dialed.
- The operator did not speak french, my windows is in french. He barely speaked English.
- He did not know my computer was already ON !!!
- I never divulged my phone number to software companies.

So unless someone calls you directly and knows: your NAME, your PHONE number and ACCOUNT number at their company, IT IS A GOD DAMNED SCAM.
 

Agena

Hi yes this is a scam.
1. You can tell they are reading a script
2. They won't give their company name (in case you google it)
3. They call with number withheld and are reluctant to give you their number so you can call back
4. They say "your computer is showing an error" but if you ask, "would that be the desktop or laptop?" they say "either" meaning they don't care
5. They ask you to do something plausible - twice now they've talked me through opening the event viewer to see how many errors there are; express horror if more than 10 - but these are simple housekeeping errors, things like trying to access a disk before its up to speed or terminating an office programme suddenly.
6. A new one for me today - start the cmd window and enter "assoc"; scroll down to the bottom and see the zfsendtotarget entry - the operator will read out the CLSID and remarkably (!) read it out to you to show she knows it is your computer serial number  - but everyone's is the same

Sooner or later they want you to enter their company into a "logmein" screen so they can "fix" these non-existant errors and either strip your on-line banking details or sharge you $100 for a non-existant service.

So steer well clear
 

Bootcamp

Yep, got a call today from company calling themself Win Tek Support, said they've recently opened this Microsoft Tech support office in Manchester, UK.  Extention from their "Miami" base (probably because of my American accent).  Ronald (Sr Tech) laughed at me when I said I'd look into this further and decide on it later.  He first tried with the scare tactic and when that had no affect, he implied my responses were idiotic and continued to laugh at me.  Needless to say, I told him to have a blessed day.
 

Jean

Unfortunately the scammers using this number can't be affected in any huge way by anything you do to this number.  I got the same scam (telling me my computer was infected etc) from a withheld number and when I asked them for a callback number they kindly told me (02) 9016 4321, which is ironic as they told me they were based in Melbourne.  But seeing as I had heard about the scam I reported it to the ACCC (www.scamwatch.gov.au or phone the ACCC).  The nice man at Scamwatch told me that the scammers actually use Skype, and that the phone number they give you probably does redirect to their overseas location.  However while the ACCC are collecting all the information they can, it is difficult for them to make prosecutions outside their jurisdiction.  And I don't know what kind of telephone bill you can rack up calling a number connected to Skype (hopefully only local call charges...)However he did tell me how to stop them calling!  Just tell them you know it is a scam!  Then they know they won't get any money out of you and they won't bother you any more :P
 

Jarasy130

Had them for the first time today. I am a PC tech so had a lot of fun with him. He was persistent, he called me back three times, not knowing I'd hung up on him and blaming his connection.
They asked me to do all of the things mentioned in the thread and I asked him how he knew there was a problem with my computer. He said initially he was from Microsoft and when I cottoned on, he admitted he was from a different company.
FOR ANY NOVICES: DONT do what these people are asking you to do. You can in fact give them access to your computer by following there instructions. HANG UP ON THEM!
I happened to annoy my guy enough that he hung up on me. I think it was me laughing at his demands that annoyed him.
 

Ron

I had a call from the same number saying I had a problem with windows.  They talked me through:" all programs, accessories then run", at which stage I was asked to type some letters.  The warning bells started ringing in my head so I asked for their telephone number and rang them back.  The asian/indian man named Ricki tried hard to get me to continue but I said I would not do anything until I had spoken to a computer friend.  My friend said it was a scam and put me onto this web site.
 

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