I was called from this number , the guy pretend to be a computer expert, to remove virus from computer. the phone number, on caller id seems to be registered in Louisiana. he said, his name is mike and the company name 24/7 help line . when I called back on this number, several time, it has busy tone. hopefully they are cheaters. they might trying to extort money from people, by registering this number in the USA. I request the concerned authorities that these people must be taken to task.

I, too, received a call from this number which caller ID showed as Ponchatoula, LA.  At first I thought it might be some of my husband's family as they are from New Orleans, but no one would say anything when I answered the phone.  I then Googled the number and found this info.  I had the exact same call from an 800 # last week but that time the person said the same things that others have reported here.  An Indian male who claimed his name was Jack Roger.  I laughed at him when he said that.  I told him I  had never heard of an Indian man with such a name!  He got very offended but tried to change the subject back to the stupid stuff he was saying about my computer being infected with a virus.  The sad part is, my computer did become infected by a worm the previous week due to an email that was sent to my MyYahoo email address purporting to be from the court regarding my upcoming jury duty.  My computer is still not working right.  The number last week was 800-685-8621.  I reported it to the FTC.  I only got that number because I told the guy I would have to call him back.  He kept trying to pin me down as to when I would call him.  I would not give him an answer.

These people called my grandmother today. My grandmother told them that only I managed their computer and they would have to call me. She gave them my cell phone number and sure enough, they called me before she could and started talking to me !!! Definitely a scam.

this person obviously did not know me since he miss pronounced my name and that's as far as we got

My parent's received this call last night as well.  They said he has called a couple of times.  I told the guy we don not have Microsoft Windows and he said yes you do lol.  I called the number back from the caller ID with star 67 and it won't even go through.  When I told him to give me his number and I will call him back, he hung up!

This number has called several times and I've never answered up until now.  When I answered he asked for me by my last name, my response was to get him (a man with a heavy middle eastern accent) to identify himself. As soon as I said "whose calling" he hung up.

File a "complaint" with the fcc?

Like thats gonna help

Ur a fuking idiot

MY WIFE RECEIVED A CALL FROM 985-486-0482 ON 6/17/2014...AFTER A SECOND OR TWO SHE HUNG UP...I ASKED HER WHAT THAT WAS  ALL ABOUT...SHE SAID SOME GUY WAS SAYING THAT THE COMPUTER WAS SENDING OUT SOME DANGEROUS INFORMATION...SHE RECOGNIZED IT FOR WHAT IT WAS RIGHT AWAY...WORRIED, I CHECKED THE CALLER ID...GOT THE NUMBER (INDICATING A LOUISIANA NUMBER)...WENT TO THE LIBRARY AND USED A PUBLIC COMPUTER...AND LO AND BEHOLD I FOUND A BUNCH OF OTHER POSTS REGARDING THE SAME TELEPHONE NUMBER AND THE APPARENT SCAM...MY WIFE IS OBVIOUSLY BETTER AT THIS THAN I AM...SINCE I WENT RUNNING OFF TO CHECK IT OUT(LOL)...WE NEED A STRONG FEDERAL LAW WITH SOME HEAVY PRISON TIME ATTACHED FOR THESE SCAMMERS...

Just got a call from a man wanting to know if I had a computer (his accent suggests that he is from India but the call as made from Hammond, LA  # 985-486-0482.   I do have a desktop computer and two laptops.  He said someone from my household was using Windows.  I told him it must have been my daughter and that she wasn't home.  He plans on calling back and I plan on telling him I'm on to his scheme and will report this online like all the others that have been called have done.

They called and didn't leave a message on my home phone . I saw that someone referenced ASKTECHHELPLINE.com  and saw this very scary statement of the service they can perform whenever someone believes them - they want access to your computer so they can steal your personal info:  

REMOTE ACCESS:

While requesting support you may request for the problem to be resolved by enabling Tech Helpline technicians to have access to and take control of your computer. Tech Helpline uses software tools which enable you to grant control of your computer to an Tech Helpline technician remotely over the Internet. This allows the Tech Helpline  technician to diagnose or correct problems without ever coming to the location of your computer.
Tech Helpline does not use the Remote Access software to access and control your computer without your consent and we request that you remain present when our technicians are doing so.
Tech Helpline technicians are trained in the use of this software and we take steps to limit access to confidential or sensitive information stored on user computer or network, avoid deliberate destruction of information on user computers or networks, and help avoid system problems. Tech Helpline maintains specific internal policy and technical controls to limit how and whether our remote access tools may be used to assist you.

Received a call from "Jacob" who said he was calling because they got an alert from my computer about an error message that needed to be corrected.  Asked me to punch in a few lines to my internet.  I immediately knew it was a scam because I could hardly understand "Jacob" because his Indian accent was soooooooooooo thick.  I wish I could've stayed a little longer to see what kind of scam he was trying to pull, but I couldn't make out any of the words I had to hang up.  Call rang up out of Hammond LA.  When I called back I got a fast busy.

Got the same phone call as everybody else on this thread has received. This is the second time this week I have received this phone call. Different numbers, same agenda. Trying to see if there is anybody to report this to. Elderly people need to be warned about this, I can see how they would easily be roped into believing this.

Received call from this #.  CID said Unknown.  Didn't answer, but his voicemail said slowly....Hello.....Hello....Hello....Hello.....Hello.....Hello, then he hung up.  Duh.  Spam.

I'm a personal care giver for a couple 80+ and a Indian man called with a strong accent claiming my clients computer had to have a new soft wear on it, and their computer was sending signals to him. So I decided to have some fun with him, and ask some questions and he got fed up and hung up. Turns out they don't have a computer and never have.

Claimed they had information about problems with my computer.  Knew it was scam so I asked for a call back number and what my account number with them is, and they immediately hung up.  Don't be a moron and give these sleeze any access to your anything.

I got the same phone call from a heavily Indian accented man who claimed that he got a message that I have unwanted files on my computer and they need to be fixed right away. He told me that he could take over my computer to remove the files. I asked him repeatedly, how doe he know I have unwanted files. To that he replied that everybody has unwanted files if they use the internet. He told me that he was in Las Vegas and the name of his company is PC Speedy. He finally hung up on me.

Indian caller ....Hammond, LA ID    "Windows Computer" scam

I kept him on the line for 1/2 hour complaining that I was confused at what he wants. then when I got bored I claimed the power went out-

Call came in on Friday, 13 June 2014 @ 20:06 on my land line..the message he left was funny..."hello, anyone their???must not be anyone home...Hello??" and all the time you can hear Spanish among other languages being spoken in the back ground noise...Can you say spam on the run???

This obnoxous caller from some idiotic pc support group, which I presume does not exist, keeps calling; this time I talked to him and finally hung up.  He calls back, I ask him what country he is calling from,  he says South Africia and I don't like South Africians, I try to explain to him that I like all countries and their people, he calls my suspicious, and then says "I hate Americans, I hate Americans, I hate Americans."  This company should be traced.  After a Google search, I find the number is coming from Louisiana.  Should this company not be investigated for harassment through the Federal Communications Commission?

My husband got the same call yesterday and the same man with a heavy East Indian accent tried to tell me that he was associated with Microsoft.  And I'm a size 7!!  He told me that we had opened an infected file and he would fix it for us.  Told him I'd live with it and without him!!!  This type of call could reel in a lot of people who are not aware of this type of scam.  Since he referred to Microsoft, he probably thought that would reassure us that he was legit.  Sure.  

I got the same call tonight.   Scam.  Typical overseas helping desk.

Keep calling gets around call block somehow - calling Houston TX Police Monday!

This guy with heavy Indian accent calls and tells me he's from AskTech and all about these files that corrupt my computer when I access info on the internet.  This caller also appeared on my Caller ID as being from Pontchatoula, LA.  I put him on for a long time and then told him I'd have to get back with them as he caught me at a bad time.  Said his name was Mark Wilson (ha ha) and told me their web site is:  AskTechHelpLine.com  which does seem to exist but who knows if they are really connected to AskTechHelpLine.com   If I had stayed on longer I'm sure this guy would have wanted to access my computer "remotely" to help me with ALL my problems....which I WOULD NEVER DO!!!!  Oh yeah, he was trying to get me to click on my WINDOWS KEY & R at the same time to bring up the RUN MENU and wanted me to type in, EVENT VIEWER so that I would be able to see all the programs accessing my computer....blah, blah, blah....hope this helps someone else and if it was legit, I would have to call them and know who really was on the other end of the line.

At 3:42 p.m. & again at 6:38 p.m today, I got calls from this same number however, this time I didn't answer the phone as caller ID popped up & I knew it was them again calling me again. This is getting annoying..

Received a call from this number with heavy accent.  Said my computer was getting hacked into and alot of personal info being accessed at this moment.  Told him computer was not on.  He told me to turn it on.  Said he was from Microsoft and was getting info about my computer.  Told him I would check with microsoft and call him back.  What a scam...

Thanks to everyone who answered the call and posted the information here.  I was not brave enough to answer and the caller chose not to leave a message.  It's good to know what the scam is.

Caller ID "Hammond LA" ... Jun 12@12:10pm EDT? I do not answer calls I don't know. They did not leave a message. 800notes indicate this is a SCAMMER!

>> I was being watched by horrible people using my computer to spy inside my home.

That's a new one.  Or perhaps not (NSA).

Male person who called himself Ronnie, had a heavy Indian accent.  He stated he was with Ask Tech Helpline and was contacting me because my computer was hacked and I was being watched by horrible people using my computer to spy inside my home.  I don't have a windows computer and my camera is disabled and also covered so no one can see anything inside my home.  It is a complete scam - do not fall prey to this fraud driver loser.