I just got a call from Pamela. Wow she is persistent i nearly fell for it. She would do any thing to sell me the deal of joining ACCOR and get free accomdation and 50% off everything holiday related. I feel a bit stupid i am glad that while i was on the phone i googled her number she was calling off and asked her name. I hope no else falls for it!

I had the same experience yesterday evening, Sept 2nd.  He was 'so worried' about my computer that he put his supervisor on!!  She was the one who gave me the number to call back on because I wouldn't go on-line for her.  I called Microsoft help desk instead and they knew nothing about it - of course.

I have a similar story of computer going to crash etc. Again it was 'Michelle' with Indian accent. Only this time she was working for 365 PC Support. When I asked where they were located she wouldn't give me a phone number but said they were at 91 King William Street, Adelaide. Strange they weren't in the phone book.I rang Adelaide Fraud Squad and was assured that it was a crime group operating from India but pretending to be in Adelaide and using phone numbers that look like ours. The detective told me to ignore them.

Yes this call (08) 7200 0365 still coming from "Microsoft" - today twice they called my aunty. Ryan Williams, and someone DeCosta claiming there were a number of errors to be fixed, and could she please go to this website and enter in a code allowing them to access her computer. Repeatedly said "This is not a scam ma'am, how can I prove to you that this is not a scam" - trying to reassure her of course. Well I guess it's working somewhere or they wouldn't keep doing it. Call type: attempted fraud or scammer, that should really be an option, but telemarketer is close enough.

How very familiar!!  Same thing here.  Yesterday a call from an Indian guy - later to be transferred to a supervisor Ann (Indian) when we became suspicious.   The guy said he was from Windows - click on Start, Security tabs then to internet browser and type in www.logmein123.   Then after taking over my computer and software supposedly pointing out errors and that my computer was going to crash then wanted my credit card No.    I said we would deposit money into their bank a/c.  Then they kept arguing.  I became quite heated, I was told I was very rude and that the call was being taped.   I said I hoped it was.  (another sus. point - I have always been asked for permission for my calls to be taped).Eventually after two hours (can you believe it - they were persistent) we said we would make enquiries and ring them back tomorrow and they gave us that number (08) 7200 0365.   She almost shouted at us "why not today".   We rang our son who put us on to this website.   Thank goodness we didn't fall-but very close. We are both oldies in our 70's and not very computer literate.   The guy even said he could understand us being wary about giving our credit no. but it would be safe with them  Yeah!!!!!!!

Call from 365 support - same thing, from Microsoft with dire warnings  of viruses that my commercial virus software could not detect. Asked her to email our security group the instructions to check for these 'super' viruses... as expected she could only give the instructions personally. I found using an Indian accent and mumbling did the trick!Said she was in Adelaide and gave (08) 7200 0365 as her number.

i had this guy hassling my 73 YO mother. had her install from logmein.com and took control of her computer. he said he was calling from microsoft, and that he had detected viruses on her computer, and wanted her to pay for ongoing security support. he asked for her credit card details, and at this point she balked. obviously this guy (he called himself "shane" but it's obviously the same indian guy) is findable, so why haven't the police been to visit him with bit effoff belting sticks?also, why is there no call type here for FRAUD?