Scammers, plain and simple. Trying to gain access to your computer

I have had quite a number of these calls too. The one a few nights ago (who couldn't even properly identify who he was supposed to be representing!) was an almost unintelligible Indian gentleman revelling in the name of Mac Taylor. Mac Taylor! You have to be joking!! (anyone else watch CSI New York????). He was fast with the double talk when I asked him to give me the serial number of the machine in question, and even faster when I asked him to send an email to the email on my registration details he claimed to have, outlining the supposed problem. I told him I was nowhere near the computer as I was outside attending to animals and still he kept asking me to just turn on the computer. Asked him to repeat what I had said to him the last time he said to do so and he got really tongue tied. Have some fun with them when they ring and waste their time. It's what a con man deserves.

Scammers.

Call (03) 9008 4298 and ask for "Shaun Davis". Be polite and request support. Once you have a "support call" going pretend to follow instructions. If you are asked "what can you see" or "what has come up" or anything similar say "I see a picture of a horse".

couldn't tell me what was wrong with my computer which computer had the problem ( have 6 in the house) comes up with overseas caller ID

They had my elderly father on the phone for over 1.5 hours, telling him to click this and that etc,they called back the next day to finish what they were wanting to do but I didnt engage with them just took Dannys number,what type of damage has been done to the computer? To scared to turn it on now.

thanks for your help Rat Catcher
I did not realise they were world wide they told me they were in Carlton Vic on (03) 9008 4298 which I rang and they confirmed name World PC TECH co

They called me but when I said I was from Microsoft, they put someone else on the phone. I called them back and told them I needed help with my computer and just so they know, I told them they were on the radio as we were trying to see if they could help me. They insisted they were in Melbourne, but didn't even know what a post code was, or what part of Australia Melbourne was in.

Indian scammers

they claim to be from "worldpccare.com.au" and claim to be based in Melbourne, they are not.
They are part of a scam centre based in Kota India.
refer the link below for more info re these tip rats.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres

If contacted hang up, call consumer affairs NSW and report the incident.

I've lost count of the amount of times world pc tech has called here in the last few months, i normally hang up on them or give the phone to my 4 yr old whos more than happy to talk to anyone on the phone but today i thought i'd humor the most likely indian named shawn. he told me my computer had been hacked and the hackers had accessed my personal details, credit card info etc. When i asked him how he knew he told me their research team monitered all cyber activity and they picked it up. He then told me he could fix it for me, to which i cut him off and asked how on earth he knew that and that surely their "team" must be the biggest in the world to moniter all online activity to which he said yes it was big lol, and that they'd received reports from windows updater saying my system had been hacked etc etc.So after drilling him about isp privacy, my ip address, their location, and why none of my security picked this up (which he paused for 10 seconds after each question, obviously scrolling down his screen to find the answers) i hung up on him. 2 minutes later he rings back we lost connection blah blah, to which i say mate i havent got any problems with my pc, how about you put your supervisor on and make sure the b*****d understands english because he's going to get a piece of my mind. he hung up.Oh and nice to see them on here trying to plug their s****y scam, nice try do***ebags.

Was it not halfterm  defo a texting teen fer zure

Second call from this mob in five weeks, third since February.  Was told that my "Windows Computer" had been infected by a "poly multi-virus".

I kept "Rex Smith" (the first Indian I've "met" with a western surname) on the line for about fifteen minutes, asking lots of questions ("How do you know my computer has anything wrong with it?"; "What is my computer's IP address?"; "How could something bad get on my PC when I have the latest anti-virus program?"; etc.).

When I finally let "Rex" know that I knew he was trying to scam me, he denied it, and still kept trying to let me give him access to my computer.  Rex knew the game was up when I told him that we use Apple computers.

Unfortunately, I know two people in their late seventies who were conned in to giving their credit card details to these scumbags recently.

exactly the same scenario with my calls .. same company name  WORLD PC TECH COY  .. same phone no which I called back and was put thru to Jenny Gorden my earlie caller
  she says she is at Charlton Melb 3053 but did not know which street !!!!!!
but said she will keep phoning until i take up their asistance

I have lodged complaint with ACMA and advised trhem  that no
I urge all to contact them also

I do not understand why the authorities cannot do something to stop this lot
thanks to previous contributors

i am registered with this company and i had a word with Shane Watson and Danny Watson and i am very much satisfied with their services .

thats Awesome,I'm getting a Whistle if the barstards are deaf they'll stop calling.