AnyTech 365 Scam? Search for information.

Anonymous
2021-04-23T10:03:34+00:00

Hello

Working in IT myself I got a couple of reports during the last year about a quite interesting "thing" (I think it's some kind of scam scheme) called "AnyTech 365". It's not your "typical" Microsoft phone call scam but something quite a bit more sophisticated.

Interestingly there is/was only very limited information available on line.

The "thing" (suspected scam) goes like this:

Inexperienced users get prompted with misleading information (probably in the form of advertisement they don't recognize a such) which leads them to download some shady "pc repair software" (the name "Restoro" came up a couple of times). Once they run this software they are asked to contact a "support company" called AnyTech365. The people from AnyTech365 then try to sell them an expensive & long-running subscription for support services, usually costing a couple of hundred dollars (one "victim" reported that they even paid several thousand dollars).

Now the thing is: This company AnyTech365 which is located in Spain acts like a reputable business. So it's not some unknown Indian call center that disappears after a few weeks. They are registered and seem to be in for the long run - giving the impression of a "real" IT service provider. Just that their customers don't seem to become customers "voluntarily" but through very misleading sales practices.

At least this is what it looks like after gathering information from a couple of "victims".

Since there wasn't much information about this (suspected) scam scheme available I posted a similar thread like this in the German language Microsoft Community Forums in December. This lead to reports from more people who felt that they were scammed by AnyTech365 and also to a recation from a public relations person from Any Tech 365 who of course was claiming that they are a legitimate company. (However that person also referred to a certification agency called "App Esteem" which seems to be specialised in the "fake" certifictaion of very shady software - so we probably have to assume that a company that gets certidication from "App Esteem" is probably shady too.)

Anyway, since AnyTech365 seems to be active in a lot of languages & countries I thought that I also post this here in the English speaking community.

So we might get a bigger audience and can gather more information about this suspected scam.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-09-11T16:51:10+00:00

    Well color me "#woke" now Janet. Perhaps you could chime in and help out a fellow country person, from earlier in this thread, from/by (I think the name was) a Jean McIntosh

    " . . . . Hi Paul Tesdale, I am a real person. A 68-year-old granma. I am a retired care aide at an extended care unit... I am married. I started buying Anytech365 a few years ago. I cannot remember how I found them. Recently I also purchased a new router from anytech as extra security for our laptops. This extended my subscription to 2025. I have been very happy with them and in just the last week they have spent at least 6 hours getting all my laptops sorted out and backed up. Personally, I need to say these guys are awesome and I am so happy I spent the money to get them because, in the end, they have saved me hundreds of Canadian dollars. I am not prepared to say the price I paid but I can say it was over $1000 Canadian... and in 2015 if I am still around I will pay to have them again.... yesterday they helped me with my word program I wasn't able to figure out. They help with everything except Apple... my husband's Ipad wasn't touched as they don't work on them..... I had 3 old laptops that for one reason or another I don't use anymore and they transferred everything onto an external hard drive for me.... Sorry if you dont think I am real, but I really am.... have a great day :) "

    Ironic, wouldn't you say? At least I'm not drinking the AnyTech365 Kool Aid & apologies if there's been anything in anything I've posted that might have lead you to think AnyTech365 is any kind of legitimate support platform. In scrolling the comments I don't see much by way of any refutation of Jean's claims other than Sanderwho's "I don't think you are real" I'll help you all out here by unsubscribing & leaving you to sort it all out. Good luck.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-08-29T16:42:29+00:00

    I have received those, too - repeatedly. I just read another post that said the company was legit and her experience sounded quite appropriate. I have spoken only to Pakistani or Indian voices and when I have called them they have answered simply "hello" which suggests they are scamming the good name of a company that may be totally on the up and up.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-08-20T22:23:04+00:00

    My answer to SanderWho I can assure you I am real, and I am NOT a granny who is senile enough not to know when I have been scammed.... The guys and gals at Anytech365 are not scammers, they help sort out problems without the hassle of going into town. I live in a very rural area of British Columbia Canada. The name "I use" is mine, I can be found on FB and also messenger with the same name.... I am truthful and honest and would not be making comments if I was a scammer myself....

    I am NOT a victim I am a very satisfied customer....and will continue to be.....

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-06-06T07:01:41+00:00

    Just a follow up to this, they are trying a different scam but using the same phone number.

    Now they are sending out emails as invoices for MacBooks and saying you paid via PayPal. If you have concerns call the same phone number as they AnyTech scam.

    Same people, different grift. Just a heads up.

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