Caller said they called from Windows Tech dept.. I asked if the were calling from MS..would not confirm.. I asked to call back.. they wanted to remote into my laptop, to delete the virus my computer was sending out.. I told them I worked for Microsoft sales ( I do not actually work for MS) and they hung up.. Just as I suspected I would, i also let them know I would report them to BBB and law enforcement.

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Michael Adams, (866) 460-7455, with a thick accent, claiming to be with Windows Tech Support, just called at 1:30PM, telling me to click flag-R and type in EVENTVWR and hit enter.   Apparently, he just fell off of the boat.  Could we, please, track him down, and unplug this criminal?  I'm on a do not call list.

Michael from the US with a heavy Indian accent claimed he was calling to fix a computer problem. Stated he was from Microsoft as well.

Just got a call from this number, they say they are with Microsoft technical support and people are trying to hack into my computer and wanted permission to log into and remove all the issues.

funny.. how you print call as coll.. the same way you say it when you call from the 866 460 7455 number..  nice try...

The is a SCAM!!! They have called my cell and house phone several times in the past month. Everytime I play along and say hold on I have to turn my computer on, put them on speakerphone and mute and then proceed to watch TV. Every few minutes they say, "Hello are you there?". I respond with "Yes, my computer is old and still turning on!" After about 10-15 minutes of this they seem to get annoyed. I did get to keep someone on the phone for longer than an hour! "It finally turned on...how do we connect?...Oh No, it turned off and I need to turn it back on! I must have not charged my laptop...." I keep going in circles like that to keep them from calling someone who might not know that it is a scam!
SCAM!!

Had a blocked number just call me but they said they were from microsoft support. I knew it was BS just from that, but then he said my computer was sending messages to them because it had a virus or something. I almost started laughing but led him on just to see what else i could get out of him. He wanted me to the google chrome address bar (which he instructed me to like i was an elderly person that pisses me off even more because you know that's probably who he gets with this crap) and type in itv.name After he told me that i laughed at him and said some things i'll not repeat. Just a heads up to people.

Do NOT give any information.  The caller would not give any information except this phone number.  It IS a SCAM.  Do NOT respond with any information.  PS - the won't a name, sounds foreign to U.S. and said at the end - "you're wasting my time."

Got a call stating that I was generating Windows operating system errors and they wanted me to confirm my Windows license ID.  I assume this is a scam because when I tried to refer them to my IT department, they refused.

They called me today. I asked them for their number and stated I would call them back. They said they were from microsoft

i had receive coll form this number 8664607455 last month i was not able to use my computer properly but john martin provided me the technical security for the life time in just $99 and they fix my computer as i told them i am more than 50 years of age they give old age discount as well as they provide security for two computers and i am really happy from their service they coll me every week for service coll and i think this kind of technical support would excess the life of the computer even i was planning to buy a new computer but now they make my older as new one so they save mine $400 ...

i m really happy from there services.

Called my dad and said he was calling from Windows and that there was a virus on his computer and he needed to go to his computer and...Dad cut him off and laughed at him asking for his phone number and name. He gave him the name Amen Brown and the number 1-866-460-7455 and told him to call back anytime.

I have received the call as outlined above, and I ran a number search to find these postings, which saved me big time. I have been having trouble with my computer and had contact my IT for help, so I found the call more credible. IT is a total scam.

THIS IS A SCAM. DO NOT EVEN TALK to  THEM. ROBIN BLAKE FROM WINOWS SUPPORT WASFROM INDIA....INSISTED MY COMPUTER HAD A VIRUS. TOLD HIM I KNEW IT WAS A SCAM AND HE HUNG UP.

BE AWARE....

I got this call and was suspicious from the start. I asked for information about who it was and was given this:

Mark
866-460-7455 x1011

I saw this thread and wanted to see for myself if it was a scam. He talked me through opening the event viewer on my PC and said Administrative Events there indicate a virus that will eventually render my PC useless, and he wanted to help. He sent me to this link and wanted me to http://www.tvi.name/ click the "Join Remote Control Session." I said I would not give him control of my PC. He countered by saying that I'd be in control and he'd just have secondary control. I said I wouldn't do that, either, and he quickly said he could not help me and hung up.

Total scam. Likely he installs a virus on the PC under the guise of a virus scanner, and maybe even can collect cash from folks on top of them compromising their PC to him.

I have up to date McAfee. I do have some admin events posting 2-4 times a minute and will look into what's wrong there. I am curious how he got my number...

Sounds similar to this:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/i- ... s-ars-technica/

The person who called me said they were from AVG virus scanning and tryed to sell me a lifetime virus scanning system. I questioned it and he assured me it was ligit.  Had controlled of my computer for a bit but I then shut it down. Hope I still have a computer to use after this.

Roger and Austin wanted to sell me lifetime Norton Internet Security and lifetime window technical support.  They said their company was "Windows Support." They gave me another website to check out their legitimacy and when I called the 800 number on that site, they had not heard of such an offer and told me not to buy it.  They said that they knew my computer had trojan viruses.  I called the company who I really had a service contract with and asked them to check my computer for viruses and said I had none.
Do not fall for these guys.

It is a SCAMMER.  They claim to be calling from Microsoft Tech Support, but Microsoft Tech Support never calls people unsolicited.  They tell you that your computer is sending out viruses or is causing errors and they claim to be able to help you to fix them.  Then they trick you into giving them control of your computer using TeamViewer, pretending to fix the problem.  But that allows them to secretly install their own virus or keystroke logger in the process, which allows them to secretly control your computer after they have supposedly finished helping you to fix your problem and hung up.  This allows them to later steal your banking, credit card, identity, passwords and any other information that you have or enter into your computer.  Please report it to the federal government's Internet Crime Complaint Center at http://www.ic3.gov/  and also your state attorney general.

I want to know who called me from this phone number.