A polite Indian woman just called me to say my windows was at risk. She wanted me to put eventvwr into my run computer and upload something. Who is this person and why did she say she is from WINDOWSl

I too had the same call twice in 2 days time.the guy claimed to be from the customer service of microsoft office located in sydney.After the frst call he conviced me that my computer had some problem and I need to buy  the socurity protection form them it costs $399 for the lifetime warranty.Luckily my husband  came home that time and he found something suspecious.I told him that I will think about it and will call him back.He provided me this no (02) 8003 5397.The next day he called me again to check my decision and I told him"" i am not interested"" . That idiot told that he is going to email the headoffice of microsoft  in Newyork to stop all the technical support and my compuer wil crush down soon.

The trick to avoid this kind of SCAM, ask them this Question: "If you say that you recieve warning messages from my computer tell me my Public IP address please". I've just tried it and they said ahh we have all the details of you you need to belive us but they couldn't tell me my public IP address. The thing is, the public IP address can be seen via tracking softwares. So if anyone tells you something like this, they should be able to tell you your public IP address and your internet provider in some cases if they call you on behalf of the provider. If they can't give you this info. don't bother talking to these idiots. For those who wants to see their public IP address you may check this website: "www.whatismyip.com".

Just Had thess people call me, Jack ID number 0786 Claims he is from Consult PC who provide Microsofts customer care in Australia and My pc need updating, looged in and went to my event viewer and then tried to tell me my computer had an estimated life of 2 to 3 yrs and all i need to do is purchase an extended sofware warranty.  I declined claimeing i need to think about it.  They have a lot of info on you when they call.  Said there customer care number is 02 8003 53 97 and they are Level 2, 23 Chifley Park sydney 2000. Rang the number back and was told I was talking to Consult PC who provide Microsofts customer care in Australia. Not usre on this it soundes very sus, especiall cosidering today is a public holiday.

I wish I had seen this web site before the mongrels caught me off guard.  First they get an asian woman who could barely speak English to lull you into a false sense of security then they put me onto their tech Indian.  He argued with me, very convincingly and claimed there was no fee and they really were from Microsoft Customare Care and because I had been experiencing a few issues with my computer and sending off error messages I followed their instructions.  I thought they were giving me instructions for a fix over the phone but instead I had given them remote access to my computer.  After their "test" they told me my software maintenance warranty was out of date and I should pay them to fix it.  I told them I couldn't pay and asked them to send the prices via email at which point he baulked and said they didn't do that but gave me the "number" to call. Luckily they didn't get my credit card details however the remote access worried.  I eventually tracked down most of the software they had downloaded and removed it (not easy to find) but in doing so I have a constant error message that renders my computer unusable.When he did phone back 2 days later I demanded an address, of course it was phoney, and told them I would go to the police at which point he said he would get on to their head office and call me back.  Yeah right.  There has to be a way we can bring these ba****ds down.Just goes to show - can't trust anyone these days.

I received a phone call from 'Phillip Morris' of Global IT Protection. He said he was calling from New York at (646) 867-3751.  He asked if I had reported a problem with my computer. (who hasn't if you deal with Rogers?). Do these people have access to Rogers Help Desk information? He must have got my number from a Rogers database because the trouble call information was only communicated to Rogers over the phone. Rogers... If you are listening, make a note. Are you protecting your trouble call information?

same scam another ph no. 02800 35397

Like some of the other people who have commented I too appear to have been scammed. Rose was also the person whose name was 'used'. was ubder pressure in my own office at the same time they phoned (I spoke to more than one person) as well trying to get outside work done on the farm just prior to dark and getting the evening meal ready. Any futurre any calls at that time of day will be be disregarded and I will be asking them to call back at a more suitable time.

Had a call from a Sean Lee with a very Indian accent today. He told me his company worked for Microsoft and had shown that it was running slowly. He asked me to go to the control panel and choose settings. I said why should I trust him when he'd just rung me out of the blue so he gave me the company name of www.globalittechnicians.com tel.no. 02035140065 and said when I'd checked them out on the internet he was sure I'd want to call him back for his help. I don't think so!

was i scammed i dont know

Hi Kevin this Indian guy Sean is going to phone me at home he said my computer at home has viruses. What should i say when he is rings as i have found that this is some kind of scam. What scam is it can you tell me thanks

This is an interesting scam. Call staff happy to give you their name, ID numbers, telephone nos. (02) 8005 0464 & (02) 8003 5397 and a web site www.gitt.com.au. Staff very persistant I had 7 calls within 2.5 hrs, must have thought they had me. Call centre very noisy.

its our jobs we really dont care about what you people think we rightfully earn your cash it isnt our fault you people are not computer whizs like me. i am a grey cap hacker,expert telemarketer that is willing to do this for Rs.

has anybody noticed how jake is talking perfect english. he wasnt no con man. first no con man would ever give up his job in a poor country. secound no con man would ever turn down a white collar crime when in need in money and third of all its not easy to spell english when indian ever saw their letters. i live in jeruselem and i speak hebrew i had to use google tranlate to type this english

why do every body say iceland is the home of scams we do not do anything wrong but make international telemarketing calls we do not hack a pc or say you won the lottery. so fuk anybody who says we are heimskur einskis f*ckers móðir translate that.

I receive this annnoying call today.... I told them I was not interested...

Same as above - directed me to their website - www.gitt.com.au - looks wonderful but anyone can put that up on the net. Whenm I asked who was paying for this service she couldn't answer! Just hng up.

Little Cuury munchin prick nearly had me but told him my computer had crashed.I hung up on him and he must of rang 10 times in the next half hour.no wonder we have a large number of assaults around the world if people are beng ripped off by pricks like this.

i have had call from rose checked out the site and found the same as other users when i queried what they wanted they hung up called back to say the call ended due to technical problems i told them they were not who they said they were surprise surprise the call was ended.

I have just been contacted by phone by a Justin Bradshaw from an Indian Company who say that they are representative of Microsoft Windows and that they are receiving “Error” & “Warning” messages from my computer. They asked me to open my computer and check my “Event Viewer” to show me all the warnings and messages. They then comment on the speed of my computer and ask which software I am using for Malware & Viruses. They are asking me to check their credentials and they steer me to a website: http://www.gitt.com.au/ They want me to give them access to my computer and say they will help sort this out. I also asked them about the cost, the reply was “not to worry about money” and that they would fix my computer this time for free but then there would be a “1 off charge” I asked them to give me their phone number and that I would call them back They gave me this number – (02) 8005 0464 (also (02) 8003 5397) After I hung up I googled their name:- Global IT Technologies This is one of the warnings I found. http://www.reverseaustralia.com/lookup/(02) 8003 5397/ I then rang my IT advisor who confirmed that it is a Scam and that they are voracious at the moment. His Advice was o Ask them to give you the IP address of your computer, their response will be that they are not able to do this as it is in their Head Office o Do not let them have access to your computer!!

I just got a call exactly like that. I wanted a number to call back then they left a strange number that they couldn't even confirm second time. The voice was also very acting - in an very urgent manner.

receive an email from wellsrosemary775 @ yahoo.com wants to sell her 65 gt fasback mustang. Also gave her phone number (02) 8006 9258 asking for a deposit .What a big scam

i have worked for this company which is situated at KOLKATA ( INDIA ) SILICON SOLUTIONS address - Sector 1 - EC-59 Saltlake KOLKATA - 700068 .Directors name - Alkesh Biyani I am so sorry for being a part of them for 5 months .please report ASAP to higher athorities before other people are coned .