yip I got the same call, I started laughing and she said it's not funny...But it is funny cause I know better, so I gave her a piece of my mind don't fall for it...

The McGraw-Hill Companies telephone number 212 512-2524 has been spoofed and is appearing as if it is coming from the company however it is coming from scammers overseas and they are trying to gain access into your computer.
ALERT: Please be advised that they are scammers and do not allow access to them on your computer.They are trying to gain your personal information for fraudulent usage for identity theft.
Please report the scam to the Federal Communications Commission:
Telephone # 888 225-5322
PLEASE DO NOT BECOME A VICTIM OF THE SPOOFING SCAM
THEY ARE A FRAUDULENT CALLER
DO NOT GIVE CREDIT CARD NUMBERS
IF YOU DO NOT ALLOW THE SCAMMERS ACCESS TO YOUR COMPUTER OR GIVE THEM CREDIT CARD INFORMATION THEN YOU WILL NOT BECOME A VICTIM.
THANK YOU FOR READING POSTING AND NOT FALLING FOR THE SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALSO BE ADVISED THAT SENIORS HAVE BEEN TARGETED AND HAVE FALLEN FOR THE SCAM THE MAJORITY OF THE TIMES. WARNING SENIORS; PLEASE DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM!!!!!!!!!!

"John Williams" from "Microsoft" called  to tell me of a hacking that's taken place on my computer. He asked for me by name and  I have an unpublished number so that was disconcerting. When I asked how he got my number, he tells me I am registered user? I tell him I'll have to call back. He says, sure and gives me 1 866- 539-8674 and says "Mike Williams." I said, you told me you were John Williams. Oh, Mike Williams is the supervisor. It's so ridiculous. I ask what's this all about? He says they detected that 'blacklisted files" have been downloaded to my computer and only I can see them. He gave specific dates - on July something or other there was no evidence of these files but now on August something there are. He asked if I was on the computer now and I said no. Well, I'll have to get on the computer if they can help me. I said I'd call back.

What's weird is the other day I was talking to Verizon and a strange guy there told me I should call Microsoft for my problem. I thought that was ridiculous. I'm definitely following up with Verizon about him and some of his actions and words.

The McGraw-Hill Companies telephone number 212 512-2524 has been spoofed and is appearing as if it is coming from the company however it is coming from scammers overseas and they are trying to gain access into your computer.
ALERT: Please be advised that they are scammers and do not allow access to them on your computer.They are trying to gain your personal information for fraudulent usage for identity theft.
Please report the scam to the Federal Communications Commission:
Telephone # 888 225-5322
PLEASE DO NOT BECOME A VICTIM OF THE SPOOFING SCAM
THEY ARE A FRAUDULENT CALLER
DO NOT GIVE CREDIT CARD NUMBERS
IF YOU DO NOT ALLOW THE SCAMMERS ACCESS TO YOUR COMPUTER OR GIVE THEM CREDIT CARD INFORMATION THEN YOU WILL NOT BECOME A VICTIM.
THANK YOU FOR READING POSTING AND NOT FALLING FOR THE SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The McGraw-Hill Companies telephone number 212 512-2524 has been spoofed and is appearing as if it is coming from the company however it is coming from scammers overseas and they are trying to gain access into your computer.
ALERT: Please be advised that they are scammers and do not allow access to them on your computer.They are trying to gain your personal information for fraudulent usage for identitiy theft.
Please report the scam to the Federal Communications Commission:
Telephone # 888 225-5322

Please read posting on the internet:
I'm an employee of arjun group of industries in a similar outbound call center.
I'm now disclosing all our company's secret out here because I'm feeling guilty to be part of a very big scam and don't want my country's name to tarnish. The MD of arjun group of industries is Mr. Ankit Jaiswal.
We are totally a scam and we have three processes namely The UK process where we are required to scam the nice people of the UK. The second is the US process where the same thing is done to the US people and last but not the least they recently introduced an austrailian process.
well the scamming first starts with a phone call from a british accented indian. he says " Hello I'm david (my alias name) am i speaking with ... (Your last name) then starts to tell that ur computer might have downloaded a very dangerous online infection that is very dangerous for ur computer and they came to know all about it after they saw ur IP address was blinking in their server system.
after a lot of talks they ask for money.

Facts:
1. Those errors and warnings are nothing but page faults in the operating system. Windows just logs it down.
2. There is nothing as the open gateway of the internet from where these so called infections can come.
3. There is nothing as the International Server System. These gys buy your telephone number from various companies.
4. Your IP (Internet Protocol) address cannot blink coz its not something which can report anything. Its just the identification of ur computer in the network.

DOs'
1. Hang Up the phone as soon as u hear any of rthose above said dialogues.
2. Never ever download anything or do anything they tell u to do so.
3. DO NOT CONNECT UR COMPUTER REMOTELY. DO NOT GO TO
(i) www.logmein123.com
(ii) www.ammyy.com
4. Do not ever give ur credit card details or fill any of the claimed Secured Banking Form from them. because if u come to this point then they would be able to see anything ur doing with the computers as ur computer is already connected.

please please do read it once and ask if u have any queries...


It really feels bad because of some lowlifes INDIA's name is tarnished in front of all.
I'm an INDIAN and I'm proud to be one..
Caller: AIES PVT LMTD
Call Type: Telemarketer

The McGraw-HIll Companies telephone number 212 512-2524 has been spoofed and is appearing as if it is coming from the company however it is coming from scammers overseas and they are trying to gain access into your computer. Please be advised that they are scammers and do not allow access to them on your computer.They are trying to gain your personal information fro fraudulent usage.
Please report the scam to the Federal Communications Commission:
Telephone # 888 225-5322

The McGraw-HIll Companies telephone number 212 512-2524 has been spoofed and is appearing as if it is coming from the company however it is coming from scammers overseas and they are trying to gain access into your computer. Please be advised that they are scammers and do not allow access to them on your computer.They are trying to gain your personal information fro frauduletn usage.
Please report the scam to the Federal Communications Commission:
Telephone # 888 225-5322

Heavily accented woman called with (212) 438-7895 showing up in caller I.D.  Said she was calling to fix a problem with my computer.  Asked who she was calling for and she stated my name correctly after a couple of tries.  When I asked her where she was calling from, she said right now the call was being routed through the ______ Islands, so I needed to go to my computer right away.  Sounded like she said "Balkan" one time and "Cayman" another time when I asked her to repeat.  Told her she had the wrong number and hung up.  The call was so obviously fake and the person was barely intelligible.  Wondering how many people could be gullible enough to fall for this obvious scam.  Would really like to know who they're buying lists of names and unlisted numbers from.  She called my unlisted Verizon cell phone.

I have had at least 3 calls from this number.  When it appears on my caller ID it says McGraw Hill.   I get a heavy accented man who  raises his voice to me!!!

I also have received a call last week from this number.  He got very rude with me and said that I need to let him fix my computer. I told him there was nothing wrog with my computer he said yes they are. I just told him good by and hung up.

Yep - just got a call here in CO about 15 minutes ago.  Was confused as to why McGraw Hill.com would be calling me.

I have also received many phone calls from this same company, one man was extremely rude when I told him to take me off the list. He also had an indian accent. Something needs to be done about this issue. :(

got a call, they said they work for besthelp.co.uk and microsoft. call hacker are using my computer to hack microsoft server and i had to do what he said to fix there server. i play dumb for a bit while checking what he was saying on the internet on my other computer. i question why web site in uk, what a usa address and why dose the call sound like it from india. then he hang up.

i recieved this call today and they said they were from windows suport and asked to check my computer due to hackers in my area im always sceptical but i fell for it let them in to fix it and they called me back to review each problem and asked me for my credit card i said how much when he told me 450.00 i said mail me the bill he said i had to pay it on the computer i said i wasnt and he got a bit angry and said that he knew my address and that he was going to take me to court i hung up and tried disconnecting my computer and they were trying to keep me from doing so , i just shut it down compleatly and called the police and now comes the hassle of notifiying the creditors. always go with you gut!

I can see this scam is starting all over again.  McGraw Hill Company called a couple of months ago.

I received a call from Mcgraw Hill.com August 15 and A guy with an accent was very hostile when I did        
not understand what he was saying to me. I finally realized what He was doing I just hung up the telephone.  He called back about three more times but I would not answer the telephone.

P.Powers replies to Agile
8 Aug 2012
Please be advised that this scam company changes their name constantly. Yesterday it was Best Company. They may call back a number which the caller id displays 866 539-8674. Usually the person calling back is aggressive and trying very hard to have you allow them access to your computer. Once again, do not fall for their scam. They are not affiliated at all with The McGraw-Hill Companies.
Please report the scam to the Federal Communications Commission:
Telephone # 1 888 225-5322
Federal Communications Commission
Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau
445 12th Street,SW
Washington, DC 20554

Wouldn't it be fun to give the scammers  access to a highly infected computer?  Just sayin...

I got one tonight.  I asked them where they got my number as I always do with calls like these...she kept ranting.  Folks, try this some time.  Lay the phone down and let them go.  I think we should make a contest out of this and see who can get them to stay on the phone the longest.  How about giving them information that belongs to an infected computer and turn it around on them.

I got the call today. woman, heavy accent, asking about computer, etc.  I figured it was a scam, so, when she asked for me by name, I followed a suggestion of a friend.  My reply?  "Homicide devision, please state your full name, where you are calling from, and why are you calling the deceased phone number. and fyi, this call is being recorded for possible prosecution."  Her answer? Homicide? you mean you have a body there?  She couldn't get off the phone fast enough.

I received a call from 212-438-7895. I answered the ring because of  McGraw  Hill showing up on the i.d.
After I said hello a couple of times, the caller hung up -- no conversation. Out of curiosity I looked up McGraw Hill but didn't find phone numbers. Then I checked here for reverse number search. I'll know not to answer I get another call from this number.

Same story as all the above.  They have been at this for a while.  What I usually do is let him talk and talk and I act old and confused and keep asking question like i am listening and waste as much time of there time as possible and then eventually tell him "...but I have Apples".  That ends it for a couple of weeks.  
What I do not get is who is falling for this just enough for this crew to keep trying.

I had a call tonight from this number tonight telling me that I had illegal files on my computer,  that I had to get rid of them and they could help.  They called me sometime ago and I was suspicious then and still am, so no go.  When I saw McGraw Hill on caller ID I thought it was someone selling something.  Unless someone can prove what they're doing is illegal, guess they'll continue to see  how many folks they can dupe!  I'm surprised the McGraw Hill Company hasn't been able to do something about these people using their name.

I got a call from a thick accented person. He wanted me to go to my computer he said he was a window IT person. I told him i had a mac he hung up

I just spoke with Andy from the FCC, who advised that I should report this to the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) and my state attorney general. The FTC number is (877) 382-4357. The number for the New York State attorney general is (800) 771-7755. (Of course, all state attorneys general are listed in the phone book [what's that????] or on the Internet. I just happen to be from New York.)

Got several calls showing McGraw-Hill in caller ID, with the number 212-438-7895. Thanks to McGraw-Hill corporate security for recording an outgoing message explaining the scam. When I got the first of these calls, I wasn't available to answer the phone. I called the number back because of the caller ID (I'm a writer, and listed in several freelance directories, so it would not be unusual for me to get a call from a publishing company). If the outgoing message from corporate security had not been on that number, I would not have been prepared for the call I got this morning. I immediately turned off my Internet connection and allowed the call to continue, just to see what would happen. These people are slick. They identified themselves (I talked to the initial caller and "the supervisor") as being from a company called "Best Help." They have answers for everything, and I can understand why people have fallen into the trap of unwittingly providing information. The Supervisor had me click the Windows flag key and the letter r simultaneously, which brings up a "run" dialogue box, and instructed me to type in "eventvwr" (event viewer). I was then to click on "Administration" and "System" in turn, and let him know whether I saw any yellow "Warning" or red "Error" messages. This would be proof that I needed his help. (Of course, I saw a bunch of them.) The next step was to go back to the "run" dialogue box and type in "iexplore www.support.me"--the execution of that command requires an Internet connection. I told The Supervisor that I would not turn on my Internet connection, thanked him for "trying to help," told him I was calling the FCC to just let them know that Best Help had called, and ended the call.

I just got a call today from a guy with an Indian accent telling me that my computer is being hacked by hackers and I am going to be in big trouble with the government unless I take care of it today. I lied to him and told him I didnt have internet and hung up.

Got a call from this number too. I used to do work for McGraw Hill; it's the only reason I answered the call. The woman was very insistent that people were having their computers hacked in my neighborhood so she needed to tell me what to do. I told her I was on the other line and hung up. What a joke! Glad I found this site.

Please be advised that this scam company changes their name constantly. Yesterday it was Best Company. They may call back a number which the caller id displays 866 539-8674. Usually the person calling back is aggressive and trying very hard to have you allow them access to your computer. Once again, do not fall for their scam. They are not affiliated at all with The McGraw-Hill Companies.
Please report the scam to the Federal Communications Commission:
Telephone # 1 888 225-5322
Federal Communications Commission
Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau
445 12th Street,SW
Washington, DC 20554