today 19/7/11 received a call from with same blurb from Arnold (Indian) and asked to speak to his supervisor named Samuel. Asked for their abn (02) 6588 9101 which doesn't exist on the ACCC website its bogus. The ph num he gave me was (02) 8006 1200 and based in George St Sydney comp name Software Support PC. Said Id' call him back when I checked their bona-fides didn't

just had a call from an indian claiming the same as the rest of you. problem is i work for an internet service provider and i am all too aware of this scam. i played along for a while, then asked for a contact number. the indian refused to give me a number until we fixed the problem. i asked to speak to a supervisor. eventually was transferred to supervisor Jarvin. he advised he works for life ? services, and they operate out of 21 George Street, Sydney. he also gave me his number (02) 8006 1200. I advised i will be reporting the call, and hungup.

I also received a phone call, pretty much the same. They claimed to be a third party company, nothing to do with Microsoft. He told me he was from Software Support 4 PC. I asked for a phone number, at first he refused to give me one until he fixed the problems which involved me opening up there website which would then connect me to his computer. I told him no i want contact details first he gave me the same address 21 George st central Sydney but gave me a different number (02) 8003 5916. He told me my computer was 88% corrupted with viruses- Trojans and was about to crash, they have received error reports. I then told him no one but Microsoft receives them. After playing dumb i told him i worked for an IT company and was well aware of this particular call, and it was illegal. He then tried to tell me it wasn't.

I got a call this evening at about 6:30pm. Some Indian lady asked me if i was the main computer user and said my windows vista contained numerous viruses. Not sure if it was a lucky guess or she had access to some of my info... This is the second call i got from these clowns, the first one when i told her it seemed a bit suspicious then she quickly hung up so i played my cards differently this time. I told her i was away from my PC atm and asked for her company name and telephone number and she gave me the following:
Software Support
(02) 8006 1200
According to White Pages, this company is actually a firm in Queensland so she was clearly being dodgy. These people must be found and locked away.

Yeah, just got the same thing, rang back when I hung up on him, told me I was lying to him about being a Computer Technician (I am a fully qualified Audio Visual Technician and I build Computers to earn a part-time income) and then threatened that the computer was in danger of having a meltdown. Tried to tell me that there were several problems with the computer - seeings I only built this computer and installed a few months ago, I know what is and isn't wrong with it. Got my back up and eventually got a company name, number and address which funnily enough only led me to this little forum.
Thought I'd share the new number they're using:

(02) 8003 5916
(02) 8003 5916

Guys, don't fall for this stuff, they will just use the remote access to download all your files and sensitive information, they can get passwords and everything through this method if they are clever enough - which they may or may not be but better to be safe than sorry.

I hate to say this because I am not racially motivated, but next time you hear an Indian accent just hang up - the ones who are cold calling you are more often than not, scammers.

Don't trust anyone for that matter, heck I even question people who have an Australian accent because they are getting very sneaky these days.

A couple of days ago I had another Indian bloke telling me he was calling from the Bank of Melbourne... hmmmm, is that the same bank that hasn't existed for over 2-3 years????

Very interesting, wanted account verification before he would even explain to me what the call was about, lucky I was here, otherwise my mum might have fallen victim to it. When I asked for further details, he hung up.

We have caller ID on our phone, the number that appeared was a Sydney number, when I called the police and said I have a number for them, he just said he'd take it but there wasn't much they could do as it was a falsely generated number. So please people, be careful, ask them for their details first before giving any of yours, it is your right to keep your information private.

If it is a legitimate company, the caller will provide you with the full company details, I'd even get an ABN or ACN if you're not too sure then check www.abr.gov.au for the company's information.The caller will also give you their name, their ID, company name and address and what the call is in regards to without you having to give them one single bit of information. I hadn't registered for the Do Not Call register, but I said to him do you realise I'm on the 'Do Not Call' register, he replied, yes ma'am, I am aware of that but I am not selling anything. Then proceeded to tell me I was a liar because if I really was a technician I would know that there are heaps of problems with the computer.

Better to be safe than sorry and stand up for yourself to these people, don't let yourself be bullied by anyone!

I think the guy gave it away when he started calling me a liar. Lucky he wasn't standing face to face, he probably wouldn't have the balls to say something like that to my face anyway! I don't care who you are, whether you are white, black or any other colour, you don't call someone a liar without backing it up.

I live for the day these people call me now, bring it on b***hes.

P.S. I know this is long enough now, but just wanted to say, please keep posting any new numbers or any information you have as this will help people searching for info on this bogus company and prevent more and more from falling victim to their cowardly crimes.

got a call from a strongly accented indian guy. he said a company nam ebut i couldnt make it out. he said my computer was and i quote " in at a high risk of very dangerour break." i kept him talking until he told me to download TeamViewer and i have it DLed already. he asked me for my connection info at which i asked him for his. i then told him that i run a linux OS, i am a fully qualified Computer technician and at that he promptly hung up. I love wasting thier time.

i like your response!! will hve to remember to use this next time:)