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Aug 30, 2012
My grandmother had received a call earlier in the day & told me that someone had called about my computer, but that she couldn't understand him. She had asked him to call back in a couple hours and he did. I answered the call this time, though the number had come up as unknown on our caller ID. A man, claiming to be one Mark Wilson, with a thick Indian accent was telling me very quickly that my computer had downloaded a dangerous virus while browsing the Internet & he was intensely demanding that I turn on my computer. I knew that this was a dangerous scam & I'm not stupid enough to turn on my comp. I asked for his company's name again, which "is" 24/7 PC Care, and for a phone # to call him back at; (613) 777-0611. He claimed that his company was affiliated with Microsoft and that they had received a report that I had downloaded a virus that would crash my operating system. He kept trying to overtalk me while I was speaking, demanding that I needed to listen to him and go turn my comp. on. The background noise sounded like a crowded convention center or a very populated town square (probably having coffee while ripping people off). He asked if I wanted to speak to his supervisor, because I told him I couldn't really understand him, and another thick accented Indian man identified himself as Jay Watson. Right. He was even more hostile in his demands for me to turn on my computer and yelled at me that I needed to listen to him. I told him no. That I wasn't going to turn anything on, but that I had a Geek Squad membership and I was going to have them check it out and that I would find out who he was. He hung up on me :) Now the Squad is checking my computer, though I haven't actually used it in weeks for Anything, and we shall see if there's anything in there from these creeps. In the meantime, I have unplugged my routers & I'm going to replace them, so at least I'll have some different machine DNA & hopefully they won't be able to hack me the next time I turn my comp on in the house. I think that they are just calling people with Internet service because neither my phone, iPod, or computer have any other relation to gmas house phone number. I googled the # from my phone immediately after the call & found what I thought I would...so I saw this sight to report it & I have. I'm gonna keep reporting these jerks to whoever else I can as well. It would be easier with a computer & a safe Internet connection though... :(