Guy named Mike (thick Mumbai accent) called and identified my husband's name and phone number as associated with Windows PC program we purchased from Microsoft.  A bit scary that this information can leave the hands of Microsoft to a 3rd party?!    

We also are on the DO NOT CALL list, but that's managed by the FTC and about as empty as the No Child Left Behind act - - they both sound great, but there's nothing effective nor sustainable about either one.

Read these comments & you understand why the "I'm calling from windows" scam works.

I had a call from "Jack" claiming to be working for Windows Technical Support and he asked if I was aware that my computer was sending viruses out.  I gave him no details but asked for his number to call him back.  What are these guys up to?

I got 3 calls from them in 1 day.  Caller claims to be from Microsoft Windows; says they have been monitoring a high number of problems with my Windows, and on my keyboard I must hold down the Windows key and the R key simultaneously, and they will give me instructions to run some type of diagnostic.....I was very suspicious because the call came from the weird area code phone # of "080-072-4469". I told him I was suspicious and wanted proof that he was from Windows; he put his supervisor Paul on the line. I again said I wanted a # to call them back on to prove they were from Windows and he said to call 424-256-3700.  I did not call them back. I ran a McAfee virus scan and everything is OK on my computer.  These are scammers!!

This is the second time I got I received a call from Mike (thick accent again, probably India, but said he was in Chicago) and said the same thing as the people commenting above. I will be reporting this as often as they call.  We are on a do not call list, and I intend to stop these calls.  I intensesly dislike the intrusive manner of these calls and the implication that they know what is going on with your computer.  I worry for people older than me who are trying to get some experience on their computer, and may be taken in by this type of scam, which is exactly what it is.