Jul 28, 2012
It's best to not even answer the phone from this guy. I answered a while back (after he called from a different number) and he fed me the same line that he fed to the other posters on this site. He's supposedly from Windows and there's a problem with my computer, and I just need to log on and follow his steps and he'd clear my computer of the viruses that he knows it has.
I happened to be online at the time, so I Googled the phone number and read about his scheme while he lied to me over the phone. I told him that I did not have Windows, and he called me a liar and said that I am on record as having Windows. I asked, "Do you even know who it is you're talking to?" He said yes, and then called me by my sister's name.
As a little bit of clarification, I am a male with a very male-sounding voice, and my sister's name is a very feminine-sounding name. There is no way this guy should have mistaken me for my sister. On top of that, my sister only briefly lived with me for a very short period of time about a decade ago. During that short time she was staying with me, she may or may not have had Windows.
Anyway, I called the guy out on his lies and then he got angry and threatened to kill me. He even told me to look outside because there was supposed to be two of his associates outside waiting to come in and murder me and my family after raping my wife and kids. I laughed at the guy, we exchanged some angry words, and I eventually hung up on him. He called back a few times, which I did not answer, and then I blocked his number (an easy option with Comcast).
Long story short, there is no way this guy would make the threats he does from within the United States. Even these verbal threats can be investigated by law enforcement. I have no doubt the guy is using some fancy phone tricks to call from outside the United States. I have heard that he also has a female accomplice, also with a thick accent, who is just as rude and threatening as he is.
My advice is to never answer the phone from numbers you do not recognize. If it's important, they'll leave a message (or send you a letter through the mail). If they constantly call with no messages left, block them. They'll eventually move on to an easier target.