Earlier this year I got a call from someone claiming to be from Microsoft. They said that my Computer is sending them a signal of malfunctioning. I told the guy there was nothing wrong with my computer, and if there was I would know about it.
Well today I got another call. Same thing except I could barely understand this one. The first guy that called earlier this year had that Jamaican Accent, this one sounded like your average stereotypical India technician that you see Foamy The Squirrel make fun of.
He gave me a run around.
"Do you run windows?"
"Yes"
"it is malfunctioning ma'am, let me remote access and show you whats wrong with it."
"There's nothing wrong with my PC"
"Just let me show you"
-hangs up on the dude-
If there were something wrong with my PC I'd know about it. That and Microsoft doesn't contact you. And even if there was something wrong with my PC, I wouldn't allow some 'remote access.' I saw the episode of Criminal Minds where someone put spyware on the peoples PC after he gain remote access and fixed their pc. After he fixed it, he used the webcams and watched them. He then went on a killing spree. Yeaa.. that and the fact remote access could get them access to personal information, and passwords.
Also, After this happening a second time, I google stuff.
http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/microsoft.asp
This scam has been happening since 2009.
I figured I'd post here, warning everyone about it and also.. rant about them pissing me off.
So people who aren't that tech savvy, if someone calls you claiming to be from microsoft. Hang up on them. Don't listen to them.