THE CALL FROM THIS NUMBER WAS FROM A FOREIGN GENTLEMEN SAID HE WAS FROM WINDOWS, SAYING THAT MY COMPUTER WAS GIVING OUT FAULT SIGNALS WANTED MY COMPUTER I.D

Norway here, got that freakin call too, but no sound, probably they call many at the same time and mine did not conect, they called Friday 16th Nov 2012 at 12:15 local time

Recieved a call to day from this number. Now it wasn't anything wrong with my Windows. Today it was my Google account.......

1 256 781 425 called us in Norway & claimed to be from microsoft  (hungup) when he asked to help remove malicious software

I dont pick up the phone when I see the number

I receive several calls from this number every day. I'm living in Norway.

Today Wednesday 7.11.2012. This number called. I was not home so i dident really take the call. Here is Norway.

STOPP unwanted calls

Stopp

STOPP disse oppringningene

i got called from this spam s*** in freakin NORWAY. i hate those hacker people.

I did not take as the number was unknown to me. No message let by the person.

We got the calls several times today. we have told them to stop. but thay still calling oss. what should we do.

Norway

SPAM

FTC Halts Massive Tech Support Scams

Tens of Thousands of Consumers Allegedly Tricked Into Paying for Removal of Bogus Viruses and Non-Existent Spyware, and Allowing Scammers to Remotely Access their Computers

The Federal Trade Commission has launched a major international crackdown on tech support scams in which telemarketers masquerade as major computer companies, con consumers into believing that their computers are riddled with viruses, spyware and other malware, and then charge hundreds of dollars to remotely access and ?fix? the consumers? computers.
   
At the request of the FTC, a U.S. District Court Judge has ordered a halt to six alleged tech support scams pending further hearings, and has frozen their assets.

?The FTC has been aggressive ? and successful ? in its pursuit of tech support scams,? said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz.  ?And the tech support scam artists we are talking about today have taken scareware to a whole other level of virtual mayhem.?  

The FTC charged that the operations ? mostly based in India ? target English-speaking consumers in the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the U.K.  According to the FTC, five of the six used telemarketing boiler rooms to call consumers.  The sixth lured consumers by placing ads with Google which appeared when consumers searched for their computer company?s tech support telephone number.  

According to the FTC, after getting the consumers on the phone, the telemarketers allegedly claimed they were affiliated with legitimate companies, including Dell, Microsoft, McAfee, and Norton, and told consumers they had detected malware that posed an imminent threat to their computers.  To demonstrate the need for immediate help, the scammers directed consumers to a utility area of their computer and falsely claimed that it demonstrated that the computer was infected.  The scammers then offered to rid the computer of malware for fees ranging from $49 to $450.  When consumers agreed to pay the fee for fixing the ?problems,? the telemarketers directed them to a website to enter a code or download a software program that allowed the scammers remote access to the consumers? computers.  Once the telemarketers took control of the consumers? computers, they ?removed? the non-existent malware and downloaded otherwise free programs.

FTC papers filed with the court alleged that the scammers hoped to avoid detection by consumers and law enforcers by using virtual offices that were actually just mail-forwarding facilities, and by using 80 different domain names and 130 different phone numbers.

The FTC charged the defendants with violating the FTC Act, which bars unfair and deceptive commercial practices, as well as the Telemarketing Sales Rule and with illegally calling numbers on the Do Not Call Registry.  It asked the court to permanently halt the scams and order restitution for consumers.

The FTC acknowledges and appreciates the support it received from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), and the United Kingdom?s Serious Organised Crime Agency, each of which provided invaluable assistance to the FTC.  The CRTC and ACMA also brought administrative actions for violations of their Do Not Call laws.  The FTC also acknowledges investigative assistance it received from Microsoft, as well as from other computer companies.  

The FTC cases targeted 14 corporate defendants and 17 individual defendants in 6 legal filings, Pecon Software Ltd., Finmaestros LLC,  Zeal IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Virtual PC Solutions, Lakshmi Infosoul Services Pvt. Ltd., and PCCare247, Inc., and individual defendants in each of the cases.  

The Commission vote to authorize staff to file the complaints was 5-0.  The complaints were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.  

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/10/pecon.shtm

My sister received this call October 12 2012 09:00 UTC.
It was a guy who spoke poorly English but he claimed he was from Microsoft.
He needed remote access to solve this, but my sister doesn't speak English very well and did not trust hung up on him.

Got a call at Oct. 1 at 23:28 from +1256781425.
I didn't, because I couldn't recognise the number.
Thanks for the information about spyware!

i have got calls from this number several times, but Ijust hang up. I also did get it several years ago, and heard from my phone company that they are connecting to other numbers through my number, it is me then who will be charged for their expensive calls. So hang up or do not open for any communication with theese abusers!

For 5 weeks they have been calling me almost every day. They don't take no for an answer. Have tried everything. If I hang up, they call back. If I don't answer they keep calling. I told them in a nice way to stop, they keep calling. I got mad, told them to stop in a not so nice way, they keep calling.

What to do?
I'm so tired of them!

Cecilie Norway.

I got this number a lot. I just let the phone ring. I hearded about that they said there was problem with your computer and they used remote desktop connecting to your PC. So they can't get your informasjon from PC like password to your email. BECAREFUL GUYS.

I just received a call from this number.

When I told him I was going to report him to the Do-Not-Call List he hung up in a fast hurry.

I just wish they would go far far away and never return.  They are a PITA.

just got a call from this number no one answerd they just hung up

I have received a total of three calls from this number..... And I keep telling them I dont run windows or Microsoft and he persisted today to say there are many errors!!!! I RUN MAC AND NUMBERS. No Microsoft on there but darn they are persistant and can persuade people easily if one is unsure of computers.... I hope they can be stopped!!!!

Got 3 calls from this number today and yesterday. A man says from microsoft want us to go online. As we have 4 computers running difficult to know witch. Hope someone take action on this.
M from Norway.

False call again hoax

Jeg har modtaget gentagne opkals fra dette nummer og bedt dem stoppe uden held. Jeg håber at man kan true dem med politi

I am sure  this is a scammer  Beware

I got a call from these ppl too. I say when they call post their number and I say we all get together and text the crap out of their number, I use text plus when I do it

THE CALL FROM THIS NUMBER WAS FROM A FOREIGN GENTLEMEN SAID HIS NAME WAS JAMA. SAYING THAT MY COMPUTER WAS GIVING OUT FAULT SIGNALS WANTED MY COMPUTER I.D

We got the call also from these people. Lock them up