I got a call today from this number at 11:49.  A female with a heavy Asian accent told me that there was a virus on my computer and she was from a company representing BT, Sky, Virgin and Talk Talk and they are cleaning up computers to make them faster.  She told me to log on and she would give me a web site to log onto and would then talk me through what to do.  I just knew that it was a scam so delayed her and asked he again what the company was called but she just repeated that she was looking sfter the services for the above named internet service provders.  When I asked her what the web site was she again asked me to start my computer (which I was actually working on on-line at the time - so logged off!!).  She refused to give the web site claiming that only she could talk me through logging on to it.  I told her that she cold-calls me and expects me to give her my control of my computer as she had explained that would happen so she just huffed and put the phone down.  Number obtained via 1471.  Be warned.

had a silent call from (02) 5645 8632 around 4pm today. they hang up after 30 seconds or so

Just had a call from Indian person Kevin Patel who said I had a virus on my computer he asked me to go into Team Viewer.com and then had to download some software. This brought up lots of viruses, he then wanted me to pay £199.00 to him which I refused, does this mean he has installed some sort of spyware to get into my account please advise. Worried, normally I do not fall for this but seemed so genuine.Said he represented Virgin, BT etc

Yes. Read Nan's post on this page. Contact your Internet service provider right away, ask for tech support. Explain the situation to them, and they will tell you what they are able to do about it. Also contact your bank, especially if your details are stored on your computer, and make sure no money was unlawfully drawn from your account.

Just got a call from this number - man in a call centre looking for Mr. Smith, which is not my name. I said he'd got the wrong number and he hung up.

Called saying she is "Sarah from your Broadband provider technical support".

I said "Not you're not. It's scam and complete scam. Now f*** off"

She just laughed loudly down the phone at me so I put the phone down.