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HELP!
I want to report a phonecall/scam I received - this one last night - supposedly from Microsoft. I want these crooks nailed to the wall. I can't figure out how to contact a human in the Microsoft empire to give the specifics I gleaned from my caller. Hopefully, a Microsoft personage will email me back as this is not my 1st scam by phone (my CELL PHONE!) or by EMAIL from India trying to get me to follow her 7 steps to clearing my laptop of a bunch of "vicious viruses". I got her name, phone number, web address, etc.
Please, Microsoft person,contact me so I can turn my notes over to you to follow up protecting your name & our safety as best as possible and "contend removed: please don't cures thank you"
THANK YOU!!
R. A. Malloy
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Please read this Microsoft security article on what you need to know about these tech support scams, how to report them, and how to protect yourself.
Protect yourself from tech support scams
Includes information on reporting scam attempts
Report phone scams (usa.gov)
Learn about how to https://www.usa.gov/stop-scams-frauds in the United States. Outside of the US, contact your local authorities.
Hope this helps,
Greg
* Links updated on 1/20/2022
Excuse the pun. The microsoft scammers have an Indian accent. I truly feel these folks lost their jobs at Dell and other IT companies. In a room full of indians all scamming people telling them their computers are gone and u need to purchase a new one. Dont be fooled. They sre still calling our home. Hang up
No need to report to Microsoft (they can't do anything about it). Report it to the Police instead.
For a police report to be taken is if any personal information (DOB. SSN, credit card and or banking information is given and or a payment submitted to the scammer. You can report it to the FTC and your state Attorney General's office.
There does not appear to be any way to stop the Microsoft scam calls. I have been receiving them for over six or seven years. The first time, I hung up on the caller from "Windows", who was not even aware that this was a Microsoft product, five times and the idiot called back nine more times on the same day.
I have been on the "Do Not Call Registry" since its inception and all this service seems to accomplish is to increase the number of scam calls I receive.
The fake Microsoft callers are becoming much more sophisticated but I cannot believe that anyone falls for their ridiculous calls.
If ANYONE has any idea how to make these calls stop, I would truly appreciate some advice. The latest one, which began yesterday, is a recorded message telling me that my Microsoft License has expired and that it is "URGENT" that I contact Microsoft immediately. Yesterday, the recorded message did not leave me a number to call. Today's recorded message stated I "must immediately call" 1-800-716-5818 to ensure that my internet access would not be terminated.
Does anyone have a clue as to how to make these calls stop? If so, please post the information on this site as these people are driving me nuts!!!
Thank you for reading my rant, which actually made me feel a little bit better just by sharing with others who are obviously dealing with these same jerks!
I too had a similar experience except I was able to stop payment. The two names were Techzipp and GT Tech IT Solutions. Watch out for these two names. Now I get phone calls threatening that If I don't pay, they are going to have a debt collector contact me.
