to stop getting calls from scamer,here a deal number 213-457-3846
partners of micosoft ,they gonna send the number to FBI and take action against them :)
i did it . and it was worked ,wo so ever read it must try

Received a call from 888-458-9001. Did not answer. I tried calling back and it sounded like a boiler room operation. I could barely hear the person. I asked him who he was. He hung up.

John Watson (Indian accent)

Just got a call like this today, every thing is the same, and i was suspicious from the get go. I played along, and it was obvious when he told me to click run for the ammy thing, and a popup from my norton says that it could harm my computer. Haha despite the fact that I couldn't understand what he was saying half the time, it became clear that he was not who he said he was. I then told him that my norton was picking it up as harmful, and that I was having trouble believing that he was from the company he said he was from. I asked for a number that I could call back, and he asked if I was 18. I responded no, and he told me something along the lines of "hefiuehfuiehf a**, disreagard this call" I told him I don't understand what he was saying and hung up. The guy was an idiot. Every "dangerous virus" he said was in my logs were regular errors that occur and are no big deal. Just a comparison to other people's stories, and a warning to future targets. DON'T CLICK RUN!

BASICALLY THE SAME THING ON THIS ENTIRE PAGE JUST HAPPENED TO ME, EXCEPT THE NUMBER WAS DIFFERENT - 1-402-875-9195.  CALLER ID SAID COMPUTER HELP.  COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HIS NAME...ANOTHER GUY HAD TO COME ON THE LINE TO TELL ME TO GO TO HELP22.COM...I HAVE TROUBLE HEARING CERTAIN SOUNDS.  WHAT CAN I SAY, I ESPECIALLY HAVE TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING INDIAN ACCENTS.  EVERYTHING ELSE WAS THE SAME, ALMOST LIKE IT'S WRITTEN DOWN AND THEY ARE READING IT.  I ALSO HAVE TO ADMIT THEIR COURTESY DECREASED THE LONGER I WAS ON THE LINE.  

I TYPED IN THE HELP22.COM IN GOOGLE, BUT DID NOT TYPE THE OTHER STUFF (HTTP//, ETC.)
AND STARTED LOOKING DOWN THE PAGE AND FOUND THIS INTERESTING SITE.  THE ONLY THING I DID REALLY DIFFERENT WAS TO LEAVE HIM ON THE PHONE WHILE I READ ALL THE MESSAGES.  IT DIDN'T COST THEM MONEY, BUT IT KEPT THE ONE LINE BUSY FOR A FEW MINUTES WITH NO PAY OUT.

GOOD LUCK OUT THERE!!!

I just hung up on this india-english talking guy. He stated was from Microsoft, and wanted me to go to help22.com. Private number my phone said. on a Saturday afternoon...

Same here... this is a huge scam! Please do not fall for this !

IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THESE SCAMMERS HELP GET THEM CAUGHT BY REPORTING THEM TO THE AUTHORITIES:
https://complaint.ic3.gov/ctf.aspx - Global
http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/contact.shtm - US
info@antifraudcentre.ca - Canada

For more info: http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/msname.aspx
People reporting these very scammers: http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-458-9001/2#p450124745614069817

This is the guy I was talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnS_fJ4DR2A

Seems he has been scamming from January to September non-stop, that guy just doesn't give up. LOL!

======== SCAM, DONT FALL FOR THAT INDIAN DUDE LOL =========
My mom received a call from this Indian guy saying he's from Microsoft Tecnical Dept. (Also from someone called "Jack" earlier this week), telling her that we have some sort of backdoor (virus downloader) in our computer.

This guy's dreams came to an end when my mother passed me the phone (As I'm the tech savvy member of the family). He wrongly said that I had Windows XP, when I we all had Windows 7, also he couldn't tell which of our 5 computers had the problem. What a rookie, LOL.

He told me to look at the Windows Error Log and said these errors were caused by viruses (when all I saw was Windows Update installation errors).

Then came the funny question: "Click start; Can you see the "Run" option?" I lol'd. He then told me to type "www.help22.com" and hit run. As I know the "run" command executes  the unsafe Internet Explorer by default, I loaded the site in Firefox with the "NoScript" extension instead.

The link redirected me to "https://pccare.us.com/chat.html", a decent website, which apparently had nothing to do with Microsoft. The button in that page had a hardlinked executable, "Ammy Admin", a remote control application. That made me literally laugh on that guys face. First off, they code very poorly. They don't even know proper HTML. I might give them some classes. Second: Why didn't they use the Microsoft Remote Control that comes by default on Windows?

I told the scammer I wouldn't fall for that trick, then I hanged up. LOL! Really, Indian dude? I've been using trojans as Poison Ivy, Bifrost and Nuclear RAT for ages, what makes you think you'll get me? What a fool xD!

The scamming idea wasn't even good to start with: Since when does Microsoft call someone for virus problems? I'm currently forwarding the phone numbers to the Montreal Police Dept. and filling a registrar complaint for "help22.com". They better change domains!

Yeah, Got that tonight.  He tried to tell me that the CLSID was unique to my computer.  when I had two computers next to each other and they were the same, then he tried to tell me that they were the same to the household.  When I told him that I was a military computer guy and that he was BS, then he tried to tell me that I wont see the events and that if I look at any other computer in the house that they will be the same regardless of when they were bought or how I registered them when I bought them and that my neighbors would be different.  

I went to the help22 page, and then did a search to see what it was before I did anything.  Such a scam!

as a followup after I hung up on them, I went to my neighbors house and looked at his CLSID, surprise, its the same!

called to tell me they were from  a division of Microsoft - there's a windows problem and just go to the computer and follow these steps.....i hung up.   They said their name was one stop e solutions  from New York.

http://www.microsoft.com/australia/presspass/ ... g-on-phone-scam
Posted Under Security and Privacy
Microsoft issues warning on phone scam
26 August, 2010 | Sydney, Australia

Microsoft today warned Australians to be wary of a phone scam that has left some victims hundreds of dollars out of pocket.

Scammers are using several well-known brands, including Microsoft, to fool people into believing that something is wrong with their computers. The scam typically unfolds in the following manner:

   A cold caller, claiming to be a representative of Microsoft, one of its brands or a third party contracted by Microsoft, tells the victim they are checking into a computer problem, infection or virus that has been detected by Microsoft.
   They tell the victim they can help and direct them to a website that then allows the scammers to take remote control of the computer.
   The cold caller will then spend some time on the computer trying to demonstrate where the ?problems? are and in the process convinces the victim to pay a fee for a service that will fix the computer.

?In reality, there is nothing wrong with their computer but the scammer has tricked the consumer into believing there is a problem and that paying the fee is the best way to get it fixed. Often they will also push the customer to buy a one year computer maintenance subscription.  They are just trying to scam innocent Australians out of money,? said Stuart Strathdee, Microsoft Australia?s chief security advisor.

Strathdee also said that the callers presented themselves in a professional manner and sounded genuine.

?Don?t be fooled, Microsoft is not cold calling consumers in regards to malfunctioning PCs, viruses or any other matter,? he said.

?We strongly advise Australians to simply hang up if they receive a call of this nature and not to respond to any communications from these scammers.

?If you?re not sure, contact Microsoft on 13 20 58 or the Police,? he said.

For more information, Microsoft recommends the following resources:

Microsoft Online Safety site
Australian Government

For help and support contact Microsoft Support on 13 20 58

I got a call from them as well and it was clear that it is a scam. Do not do as they say.

They barely speak English. I know that Microsoft would have higher standards than that.

I knew it was a scam all along, but went along a bit to see what would happen. They wanted me to type in commands in the Run box (DON'T DO THIS!). They told me to type in something with help22.com in it. So I Googled it, got confirmation that it was a scam and told them that.

They said that they could give me the license number of my Windows copy, which would be proof according to them, since only Microsoft and I would know it. I wouldn't acceot it as proof since I don't know if that's actually true. But that didn't matter because instead of simply telling me my license number, they once again wanted me to type in a command so that they could give me the number (riiiight....).

So I told them that I had the number right in front of me and that they should simply tell me what it was. They didn't. I told them than I knew they were scammers and that I didn't want to hear from them again.

Don't fall for this. They try to scare you into thinking that something is wrong with your computer. Mine's fine.

I think you are safe based on looking at these screenshots  http://www.ammyy.com/en/admin_screenshots.html  but you should still use System Restore to reset your PC to a known safe state before the remote attempt even though ammyy says nothing gets installed.

I had the same thing today, I was suspicious at the start but I went along with it till I got to the point where he asked for my computer's 'code'. I then told him I wasn't going to give it to him and hung up. Can someone please confirm that I definitely didn't allow them any access to my computer? Just by clicking 'run' on the AAAMY Admin button will they have any access??

I got Tom Sayer calling me. ridiculous I started asking questions and he past me onto his supervisor im surprised his name wasnt Huckleberry Finn he said he was calling from MIami Florida when I asked his phone number so i might call him back he gave me a London number. I hung up on him waiting on them to call back im going to keep him on the line for as long as I can thinking he has me.

received 2 calls last week, hung up on both. They called back this morning, same pitch "Windows Technical Dept, here to fix your computer problem", thick Indian accent, hard to understand what he was saying, but it was clear he wanted me to log into www.help22.com, I immediately unpluged my pc!  I asked 3 times why? He finally hung up on me!! Can't this be stopped???

Started to receive continous calls from 'out of area' for two days straight, including Labor Day. Finally answered this evening to this:
-Name was 'Shawn with Windows Tech Dept' wanted to fix error reports and messages he was receiving from my computer.
-Had me run a 'cmd' on dos and then an 'assoc' command on dos.
-Then asked me to go online to "www.help22.com"
I had asked for a call back number, he had given me ph# 209-813-2817. Then I had asked why do I need to go online to fix my pc and he was really arrogant and sarcastic and demeaning to me. I asked him to hold while he thought I was connecting to this website but in fact, found this info and consulted directly with Microsoft windows tech support and they informed me to do not download a thing, nor go to that website and to hang up on him. So I did. Then I had reported this issue to the FTC. Thanks, good luck to others.

Same thing today, when I wound not do as they requested until I received some proof of company they hung up.

Just got off the phone from this mob. As soon as I asked them to send me an email confirming who they were and what the supposed problem was, they hung up on me.

thxs anonymous i took my labtop to my local computer technician and he wiped my computer clean and installed a good security system. thand God my laptop is very new and i didn't put any personal information on it or the internet

Since you don't know what they did to your PC, the safest thing to do is to assume the worst and presume they've planted malware. Get off the internet because the malware can call home and download more malware. Use System Restore to roll your computer back to a date before he got into your computer. This should disable the remote-login software that may be installed on your computer. Then turn off your computer and park it.
If you've logged into any site (email, bank, fb, twitter, whatever) after they've remoted into your computer, consider those accounts compromised and go change user names and passwords using *ANOTHER* computer. It's now a race to regain control of those accounts. Also review those sites' security questions, your profile on those sites, etc. to see if anything else been changed. If you cannot log into any account, it means the criminals have control of that account and you need to call customer service immediately for help.
Take computer system discs and your computer to a local shop, tell them what happened, and ask them to reformat and reload the operating system. Reformatting destroys all data on the hard drive. If you do not have data backups, you may want to copy and save your data before reformatting but beware there is some risk that malware can be hiding among the data so you may be saving the malware as well that can re-infect the computer at a later date. Reformatting also does not help if your master boot record has been rooted so ask the shop if they can rewrite the MBR or what they would recommend. Modern malware is very dangerous. Do not be complacent.

I feel so stupid i fell for this scam because i was scared my computer was going to crash. Got phone call from this number and let them inside my labtop now i don't no what to do. NEED HELP!!!

Same type of call from an obvious call centre... "Oh no sir, not a call centre, I am from Melbourne at the Micorsoft Security Office. We are authorised to speak with you to fix the virus infections that are sending us hundreds of reports. Just logon to your computer and type this line into your 'run program tab' - www.help22.com. This will connect you with our technician. "

Obviously I told him to take long walk on a short pier, but he persisted and brought three more voices into the argument. Once they realised I was not going to connect to something I did not know, or give someone access to something that I would have no control over they provided me with a number (03) 90159460 to call to speak to the security office direct..... Sick of these calls. Get them about once a month and they don't give up. Number came through as private on my caller ID.

Got a call from person with Indian accent with same story and noisy background as above. Main difference from Ray's report above is that when I refused to follow his instructions he said "Go hell". I think it must be late at night in India and the poor guy was tired.

They had me goto help22.com after inspecting my event viewer and telling me my system was infected and that they were calling for Microsoft.  That address redirected me to https://pccare.us.com/chat.html where after they ask you to click on the "Start working with AAAMY Admin button which I knew would initiate a GoToAssist session where they have full control of my PC and told them I was no fool.  So to see how far this would go I asked to prove that they were working for Microsoft and they had me goto http://techzonesupport.info and scroll down to the bottom of the screen which displays a "Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer" logo which was their proof of association with Microsoft.  Then I should click on "Connect to Technician" on the left.  At this I searched google for "Scam help22.com" where I got the info to ask them: If your from Microsoft what is my name and address?  As I knew he wouldn't know my name but to my suprise he asked if I was Mr. C..... which is my wifes maiden name and in no way has it ever been associated with our telephone number?  I told him that I was not Mr. C..... and he replied "Do not lie to me you Bloody B*****d!!!" at this the jig was up and I laughed so hard that he hung up on me.

Alan Barker here (indian accent) - same story

I got a phone call similar to Jafo's (see response above). The number was different ( 1-510-943-3040) but everything else was the same. They tell you that they work for Microsoft and are responding to error reports concerning your computer that have been sent to Microsoft. They will fix them for free because they work for Microsoft. It sounds like a "boiler room" operation in India. Do not fall for this scam or let them direct you to
www.help22.com (or any other website) to download a repair program" AMMYY ADmin ". After hanging up on them, I tried the number three times and it could not connect to anything or anyone.
                                                                                                                               Beware!!!

Scam "tech support"