Got a call from a man with an Indian accent, saying I must have read about the Heartbleed computer bug. He said he needed to fix a similar virus in my Windows program and wanted my  credit card number so he could install  the software fix.  I made a joke saying I would be happy to chat after I reported him to the Federal Trade Commission as a scam artist. I advised him he should find an honest way to earn a living.  He made an off color remark and hung up.

Caller has called twice already. 1st time said something was wrong with my windows program and needs $ to fix it. He had a very strong accent. Funny because we all have Apple computers. I told him he should be ashamed of himself and he cursed at me and hung up. 2nd time was about 3 weeks later I saw the # and picked up the phone in a totally fake accent. He tried giving me the same story..I acted like I couldn't understand him and he kept getting aggravated with me then he finally hung up.

Guy called me with a very strong Indian accent informing me something is wrong with my windows computer. Funny because we only have apple computers. He called us again 3 weeks later and I pretended to have an accent and he got fustrated with me and cursed at me then hung up.

Yes my daughter got a call from this number and he was very rude. Tried to get her to do something on the computer

BEWARE:  1-646-457-4178 is an India-based boiler room scam attempting to gain access to any personal information on your computer by posing as a Microsoft-authorized support team helping you to detect viruses by installing their "virus software" on your machine.  Don't be fooled.  If the person on the other end has a strong south Asian (Indian) accent and you hear the noise of the call center in the background, yell at them and tell them you are wise to their scam and will report the phone number to the US Federal Trade Commission.  Tell everyone in your household and neighborhood about this.  They seem to be very aggressively targeting phone numbers in the SE portion of the US, perhaps assuming a higher level of "politeness" and less awareness about such scams.  

Same number but "support team for Windows"  Say computer all messed up with viruses, etc.  About the Obama idiot.... well Obamacare is the biggest fiasco in all US History along with its author......Well You used this fraud for your own, so why can't I.

Same call as above only a female with Pakistani accent reporting same claims. I gave her 10 seconds before I just hung up.

Male caller with heavy Indian/Pakistani accent claimed to a rep for Windows, stated we had serious problems with our computer. Informed him that this was an obvious scam and that I'd be reporting the call to the FBI and state AG.

Calls all the time. Does not leave any message.

Someone with accent called me from this number and I asked to please be removed from there list, he said "F*** You" and hung up!!! Very rude and alarming!!!   Call made at 4:00 4/24/2014

This is apparently another number used by the fraudsters posing as an NYU alumni group, but they are just spoofing a number on a tie-line with a robo-caller, and they start calling early in the a.m. and then throughout the day.  This one shows up on caller id as "Support Team." The other number they use is 646-484-3370.  Sadly, these calls are part of the trend, or may be a total fraud altogether, illegally using NYU or Support Team on Caller Id. Two of the universities I earned degrees from, including NYU, have a terrible habit of calling and calling and calling, but don't have the human/professional decency to leave a message with a legitimate number to call back on.  They persist in using call-out only numbers.  Dumb!  If they really want a donation from an alumnus, they need to smarten up their procedures, otherwise why bother calling at all?  Calls to the Alumni Office have been to no avail.  The worst thing you can do is to give them any kind of personal data or credit card numbers over the phone, as you can count on identity theft and $1000s of fraudulent charges on your credit card(s).  More calls from telephone terrorists and devil worshippers, grouped into nuisance, scam and fraud calls.  A pox on them.  The more people complain to the FTC, the better the chances these animals will be shut down and their sponsors caged.  

Unfortunately, as this is a major election year for Congress, local dog catchers, sheriffs, etc., we can expect an increasing number of these types of fraudulent calls to annoy us and try to steal our money and identities.  It is also an opportunity to vote out of office all of the firebreathers, tea partyers and other wackos who shut down the Government last year for 16 days, who still oppose Obamacare (despite the fact that millions of their constituents have been able to sign up for affordable health care), and who are shameless liars and embarrass the U.S. with their dumb behavior.  Do not donate anything over the phone to anyone, period; an open invitation to fraud and the countless bandits who will simply pocket your "donations."  IF YOU ARE IN A POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITY OR ARE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, BE PART OF THE SOLUTION, NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM, AND CULTURE TEAMWORK AT ALL TIMES!

It is assumed that all improperly or incompletely identified numbers are from the increasing number of scams, frauds, tie-lines, etc. This is why everyone must contact their elected reps in DC to demand that they significantly strengthen the DNC laws, providing extremely severe dollar and prison sentences for violators, and give more strength to the FTC.  This is an opportunity for Congress to actually do something useful for the country, not just pass gas and throw spitballs at each other.  Any business must be properly identified with their legal name on Caller Id, not hide behind Not Available, Private, Unavailable, etc.  It is time to ban any kind of solicitation call, whether telemarketer, charitable, political, survey, opinion poll or whatever, plus outlaw any use of tie lines, robo-callers, VoIP,  or use of numbers not issued by a legitimate, FCC licensed common carrier (telephone company).  You can be assured that funds donated or authorized over the phone will mostly go into the pockets of the organizers, not to the charity or political campaign, or intended purpose, along with a $10 donation showing up as $100s in charges.  Never give a credit card number or any personal data to anyone over the phone. There must be a new scam and fraud being generated every second out there.  We need call control, not gun control!