They said they were from Microsoft but on futher questioning, they say they work with Microsoft. They tried to sell me a an anti-spyware program. I was dumb enough to let them scan my computer and guess what? They found over 1,000 infections. When I asked them why my Norton did not detect this, they went from calling it infections to spyware which Norton does not detect. Wrong-the version I have of Norton does scan for spyware. While they were trying to complete installation of the program, I disconnected the computer and removed what they did install. Don't fall for this.

Just got a call from them, with caller ID blocked.  They actually gave me their return-number, which surprised me.  But yeah, they said they were receiving messages from my computer that it was infected.  When I asked who they were, he said they were the Windows Messaging Center "in California".

I agree with your assessment on this one.

Just got call from them saying they were from a "going back to school agency.  After looking on here I ses they are nothing but scammers

Scammer claiming to be from Microsoft.  http://emanuelpccare.com/ was the website they gave.

They cold called and tried to to the error report scam.

Recieved call from Emanuel PC care . Proported to be from Microsort technical support . Stupidly allowed them to scan my computer and ofcourse found loads of infections. I grew suspicious whe he moved onto purchasing new maintenance products. Not happy when I said we were about to replace our computer so not worth it!! worried about what info might be gained from my computer by such an intrusion.