what the f*ck is up with these scamers if anyone offers you a deal to fix your computer just hang up or tell them to f*ck off

14 May 2011 - got a call from this company at 1830 hours this Sat night stressing that I had alot of Trojans and viruses and that my computer would crash if I did not fix it IMMEDIATELY. Stated they run a 24/7 service for Microsoft. Following a prolonged 36 minutes conversation I refused to pay the $173 to fix it until I verified the company on Monday and the person hung up! SCAM for sure as I tried ringing company on Monday and could not get through!

i received this message  from a foriegn voice saying my computor would crash and asked me to turn on
my computer and follow his instructions by pressing start thenprogressing to run theninto files.....
at this point I decided not to continue.  I closed the computer and phone. He rang back and begged
me to try again. who is this person?

Check the Microsoft link below, as this as a scam I have had 2 calls the same over the last 2-3 months. Be very careful and give them nothing!!
http://www.microsoft.com/australia/presspass/ ... g-on-phone-scam

Received a phone call from and Indian sounding bloke calling himself 'Richard' of a Microsoft subsidiary company called 'Desksense'.He said that my home computer needed fixing to prevent persons hacking into it.  He gave the return number of  (02) 8014 4592.I am concerned that he was attempting to gain information to banking details

I had the same call from  multiple people of an Indian accent begging for access to my PC to remove malicious software. They gave there number as (02) 8014 4592 - Global Computing in the USA and that they where support for Microsoft.Well they are not. They are trying to gain entry to your PC to strip of any passwords available... banking details, accounts, access to anything you have, Facebook etc..It is a fraud.I told them I work for Microsoft Security and they kept talking over me, pleading for access. Was quite comical.But it is FRAUD so beware.I asked to speak to there boss and which I did and told him I was running a phone trace on there line, he immediately hung up - hehe

On Saturday evening (6 Aug 11) I got a call from an unidentified number along the lines fo the above calls, asking me to turn on my computer and they would help me fix a problem. I asked what the probelm was - they would not tell me. I asked if I could call back at a more convenient time (only after I had done some basic web searches). 'Charlie' tha caller was very slow to give me a phone number, eventually giving me (02) 8005 3366 - which shows up as a possible carpety cleaning business but no in the white pages.

Dodgy calls from IT Support for Microsoft under the company "System Assist"