Jan 14, 2012
Received same type of call, this afternoon. Rep id'd herself as Alex Walker (113). Said she worked for Microsoft Technical Department and wanted to inform me about viruses that were coming onto my computer while it was idle. She said that my computer was communicating with them and informing them that my machine was infected. I asked several times for her to identify the company she worked for to which I got the runaround. So, I asked her directly if she was an employee of Microsoft. She said Microsoft is the operating system manufacturer and that she works for the Technical Department. When I again asked for the name of the company, she told me to write her name and employee ID and dictated the phone number that I could call for more info 347-352-0133; that was good, since my caller ID only showed the area code. Definitely a scam.