i have received this call a few times...ridiculous call from robotic "woman"
you gotta be kidding!!
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I also received a call from "Microsoft Refund Dept.". Since I didn't pick up they left a computer generated message stating her name as Kathy Jackson from tech support and to call 877 721 7434. for my refund. The reason I am posting this is I wanted to see if anyone else received such messages. Imagine my surprise when I realized the first comment about this subject was posted 2013!!! That was five years ago. Five years of people being scammed, losing money and whatever else. How could this still be happening without them being stopped? And the first one I saw was from the Netherlands, meaning this is an international scam. AND it was on this site. Doesn't anyone at Microsoft oversee their own site?
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i have received this call a few times...ridiculous call from robotic "woman"
you gotta be kidding!!
I just received the phone call today. Didn't bother answering and new it was a scam right away. The computer generated message is already sketchy to begin with.
I've been getting the same call for months. Figured it was a scam so stayed on line to talk with a "live" person. I said if I paid for this, you already have my method of payment so why not just refund it. The person hung up. The next time, the person went on and on about how safe it was and that she'd lose her job and just wanted me to be in front of my computer so she could assign me a number. I said I thought it was illegitimate and do not continue to call me.
I received severral calls as well and this guy gave me a foreign name. So the first time I called I was told they owed me $299.99 from 2016 and when I asked them why I needed to be in front of the computer he sa8d because the original transaction was done over the internet. I saiid that should make no difference and they could just write me a check for the amount and we couldd call it a day. He kept insisisting I be in front of my computer. I said no this is a scam and he hung up. I called back 5 minutes later and another guy claimed Microsoft owed me $499.99 Iasked for his info and he said his name (foreign name, I guess they got the memo that Andy Smith didn't work with the accent) and gave me Ms1207 for his id#. He also insisted I get in front of my computer. I told him I still wasn't clear how he got in touch with me and he said through the transaction with Microsoft. I said okay so can you give me the address and he wanted me to give him my phone number so he could check it.. I was like you called me and now you don't have my number?? He said yes we have lots of calls and we have you in our data base by your number. So he came back with my husbands name and I said yes can you supply me with the he address and he gave me the wrong address. At this point I said how is it possible I have a refund if the address isn't combabtible, he started blowing smoke at their point. Then after a minute I let it slide and asked him where was he locates. He promptly stated Washington DC. I said oh okay. How far are you from Arlington? He tried to blow me off but I wouldn't have any of it. Finally he said 1000 miles away. I said wrong, and your are full of it. How do you sleep at night? But by that time he hung up. They're so stupid. They call back anyway and leave messages. It's ridiculous. We shouldn't have to pay the phone Co. to have numbers blocked.
The very first time he called I got aggravated quickly and told him this was a scam and he called me a f*"@#ing A hole. Unreal. Apparently down don't like to be called out.
Got the same phone message today. I don't pick up 800 number calls, I always listen to see if they leave a message.
Same robot message you got, the same name, but a different phone number to call back. (800-376-4805).
SCAM