Posted on November 23, 2011 Caller type: Unknown Location: Australia
Yeah, Just had a phone call from so called "vick Martin" from one stop computer fix call back number (03) 9008 0256 claiming that someone in victoria was hacking my computer after I hung up on him he rang back instantly 4 times after saying they are a partner company of Microsoft I rang them and they have never heard of the company, what scammers!
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Anonymous
Posted on September 16, 2020 Caller type: Unknown Location: Australia
Caller: Don’t know I didn’t recognise the number so let it go to message. The message was a digital Recorded voice with an American accent Saying conference call.
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Phyl
Posted on November 1, 2011 Caller type: Unknown Location: Australia
Yes i have too been a victim of these fake phone calls. I must say they are very persistent. The calls were made from both female and males. Every time they rang, i hassled them with questions that they could not answer, in which they hung up the phone on me. About 2 weeks ago I received 2 phone calls from them in one day. The first phone call i actually managed to play along in their scripted dialogue. The callers name was Vic Martin, calling from Melbourne and the head office was in Sydney. He gave me his call back number (03) 9008 4256. He said there was a virus from some hacker in Victoria, through my microsoft.....etc. I told my sister about this phone call, 5mins later another phone call from the so called Australian Tech Support Team rang, saying the same thing all over again...lol. Of course we knew this was a scam and it was time we tried to call them. Our phone call was answered and we wanted to speak to the manager, a man named Andy. We asked Andy to have our number removed from their system. That was too easy. Til the phone rang again, and Andy was at the other end selling us his Scam! Oh dear...I had to stop him in his tracks and tell him that we just rung him. From that last phone call, we have not had anyone annoy us. Im sure this is not the end...
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Sydney
Posted on October 18, 2011 Caller type: Unknown Location: Australia
I am in the Inner West of Sydney and I just got a call from a man (with an Indian accent) said his name was Mike. He said that he was calling from a company called One stop computer fix, employed by Microsoft windows. He said that he was getting error reports from our Internet line for the past 7 days and that someone was using it from North Victoria. He said, we must stop the unauthorised access and the hacker could be downloading trojan viruses right now. He asked if we knew anyone in Vic. He wanted me to follow his directions and he would block the access. Go to the start button and then do something to log onto his server.
I told him that I wasn't the owner of the computer and he gave me a phone number to ring him back on ph: (03) 9008 4256 . I asked him how I would know he was legitimate and he said that was a good question. He gave me the website address of the company, so I could check it out (I didn't click on the website, but I googled it and it was there) www.onestopcomputerfix.com He also volunteered his employee ID MPE 00150. He said that the company was based in Sydney, and the customer service in Melbourne.
I told him, that I would get someone to ring him back. I asked him for his last name and he said it was Johnson. Now, Mike Johnson doesn't sound like an Indian name to me.
He was so convincing. He also knew the name listed in the white pages of the telephone account holder. Please be very careful. I didn't do what he wanted, cause giving him remote access to my computer or logging into his server just didn't sit right with me. But I must say, he was very convincing. I googled the company and phone number and it's popped up as a scam and the Dept of Fair trading has released a media release on 7 Oct 2011 that this is happening to many Inner West residents of Sydney. I have a feeling he will ring back and ring many more people.
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Bob B
Posted on October 7, 2011 Caller type: Unknown Location: Australia
A foreign sounding man claiming to be Sam Austin from Aust Tech Support Dept for Microsoft Windows phoned and stated my computer was infected and would crash within 2 hours if I did not let him fix it. He gave this ph number to call him back. He claimed to be in Melbourne but phone showed it as an Overseas call. He claimed to be using a call centre. I hung up on him.
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Andrew
Posted on August 29, 2011 Caller type: Telemarketer Location: Australia
some little indian prick who couldnt speak english called me and kept wanting me to get in front of computer stating i had a problem and someone had hacked my computer. Hes a scammer!
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Polly
Posted on August 23, 2011 Caller type: Telemarketer Location: Australia
I too had the same call as the above man. Dodgy as all..
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Tim
Posted on July 30, 2011 Caller type: Unknown Location: Australia
This number is listed on the Website - www.powersavers.com - They called soemone i know and sold them a "Power Saving Device" for $159. Dodgy!
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robert
Posted on July 6, 2011 Caller type: Unknown Location: Australia
i had a call today on the 06/07/2011 same thing but claiming to be microsoft support i will be reporting it to scamwatch.gov.au
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Sample complaints we have found for (03) 9008 4256
Carol
Go a call from this number today, they said they are from "powersaver" wanted to confirm my card deails I had been awared, on behalf or my power co and gatget bla bla bl scam scam
Terri of Melbourne
My husband had a call from a Mick Johnson who said we had been hacked into for the last 7 days and he needed someone to sit in front of the computer - fortunately my husband knows very little about computers so he rang me - when i called them a "david" answered and said they were a one stopcomputer fix place and when i asked to speak to mike he put him on thephone - he also said i was being hacked but when i ased how he got my number he said he had received an email from microsoft stating i was having problems - now it is true my computer has not worked for 2 days but i don;t believe him. i told him to cll me tonight when i got home so i could verify a few details. be very aware of these scammers and don;t give them any details.
Mr Right
Well you guy are not Alone with this Crap just last night i got the same Call but it was a pirvate number we don't usaly pick up if they are pirvate numbers anyway The guy said that his with some sort of computer company and asked me if i use windows and google i said yes i do and then he said well we need you to go on google and type this address in and click on it for us and its an offline update to fix my pc Right the Red Flag hit me I told him his lieing Microsoft and any other Software Companys don't call Customers about this then he got mad say his not lieing check it out for your self so i hung up on him then 2sec later he called me ask why i hunged up on him i told him i dont care what you are saying then i hunged up on hime 3sec later his called agian telling me im so rude and i was getting a 2,000 dollar fine for it so i hung up on him. for all you guys NEVER NEVER Download anythig that they ask you too because its a Remote Hack once you download it your Computer is a ATM for these people Never Ever Give your Full Name, Banking Stuff or pay for anything Hung Up the phone. P.S. It Pays Off if you have the Best Internet Systerm on you computer that way you know you are protected 100%
Mick
Got the same call from Adam Smith and Mike Johnson, telling me my computer is infected, they are from ASIC but they have the experts to stop it.Same number (03) 9008 4256 apparantly they are now in Melbourne.Funny they sound like they are phoning from Mumbai.They say their business ID is MCP8729 It's a Scam
RAU
My wife pick up call from Kate (Indian tone) and asked her if we are microsoft windows user. As she doesn't know much about computer, she handed phone to me. Kate told me that my computer is hacked at 6:30pm yesterday night and it is hacked from Northern Victoria (as all other posts have same place mentioned, just wondering if all people staying in Northern Victoria have nothing else to do than hacking computers). I asked her how she knows my name and number and she told me that all microsoft windows desktop purchased are being monitored by their server as they are cerfified Microsoft service provider. She wanted me to go on my computer so that she can fix the virus however, I had an appointment to go. Hence, I said give me your name and number so that I can give you a call back and no marks for guessing number given was (03) 9008 4256. When I came back home, I got call from her again at 5:30pm (now tone is little changed than previous one). Interesting, in the first call she told me that they are working until 5pm only. When I cross-checked her with various queries, she almost got angry and told me that if something happens to your computer than don't call their office to fix it. She hang up just after that. Beware about this scam..... don't give them any details.
Netas
I have received 2 calls, once from a Victor Jackson and later from a guy called Jason. They say they work for a firm called Onestopcomputerfix. They claim they have received notification that my computer has been infected with a Trojan virus and it will gradually slow down and end up not working.They claim that my Antivirus system can not detect this virus but they have a way to get rid of it. They wanted me to go in to my computer to look up the event manager to see how many errors there were in there. I played along and the event manager showed some errors which they said was very bad. Next they wanted to get into my computer which I refused. I said I wanted to investigate a little before I was going anywhere with this. I asked for some contact details and they gave me the phone number (03) 9008 4256 and said they had a web page for me to check out. I did Googled the name "onestopcomputerfix" and found a lot of bad stuff written about these guys. Most of the stuff written by people in the UK. Searching further a similar scam appear in the USA. I am now waiting and ready for these guys if they ring again.
Comments on (03) 9008 4256
Pat
Posted on November 23, 2011Caller type: Unknown
Location: Australia
Anonymous
Posted on September 16, 2020Caller type: Unknown
Location: Australia
I didn’t recognise the number so let it go to message. The message was a digital Recorded voice with an American accent Saying conference call.
Phyl
Posted on November 1, 2011Caller type: Unknown
Location: Australia
Sydney
Posted on October 18, 2011Caller type: Unknown
Location: Australia
I told him that I wasn't the owner of the computer and he gave me a phone number to ring him back on ph: (03) 9008 4256 . I asked him how I would know he was legitimate and he said that was a good question. He gave me the website address of the company, so I could check it out (I didn't click on the website, but I googled it and it was there) www.onestopcomputerfix.com He also volunteered his employee ID MPE 00150. He said that the company was based in Sydney, and the customer service in Melbourne.
I told him, that I would get someone to ring him back. I asked him for his last name and he said it was Johnson. Now, Mike Johnson doesn't sound like an Indian name to me.
He was so convincing. He also knew the name listed in the white pages of the telephone account holder. Please be very careful. I didn't do what he wanted, cause giving him remote access to my computer or logging into his server just didn't sit right with me. But I must say, he was very convincing. I googled the company and phone number and it's popped up as a scam and the Dept of Fair trading has released a media release on 7 Oct 2011 that this is happening to many Inner West residents of Sydney. I have a feeling he will ring back and ring many more people.
Bob B
Posted on October 7, 2011Caller type: Unknown
Location: Australia
Andrew
Posted on August 29, 2011Caller type: Telemarketer
Location: Australia
Polly
Posted on August 23, 2011Caller type: Telemarketer
Location: Australia
Tim
Posted on July 30, 2011Caller type: Unknown
Location: Australia
robert
Posted on July 6, 2011Caller type: Unknown
Location: Australia
Sample complaints we have found for (03) 9008 4256
Carol
Terri of Melbourne
Mr Right
Mick
RAU
Netas
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