Microsoft Refund Dept.

Anonymous
2018-05-22T23:23:35+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2019-02-08T19:55:48+00:00

    I am glad you didn't get caught up in this. I guess we should listen to our kids more often.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-10-25T18:24:03+00:00

    The exact same thing happened to me last night. However, I did got to my computer and he had me click on Ctrl and the Windows key. Then he had me type www.supre..... (a bunch of letters that didn't spell out a website or make any sense). I finally got frustrated and hung up.

    Is there anything I need to worry about? Could he have possible gotten any personal information from me that I wouldn't want him to have?

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-10-23T17:46:27+00:00

    I just got the call but was afraid to call back.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-10-10T20:05:26+00:00

    I did not answer the call when he first called. . When I called back an Indian man did not answer the phone as Microsoft or identify himself. I just received a call again from the same Indian man wanting me to hold down the control and flag key on my computer for him to refund me money from Microsoft. I told him it was a scam. He shouted that it was not. I hung up the  phone.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-10-08T21:53:22+00:00

    We have received this same call 2x in the last hour.

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