beware of this scam

[jaggermicky]

i just recieved a phone call from someone either indian or pakistani telling me i had errors on my pc he told me to hold down the microsoft flag key on keyboard then press r.i done this he kept on babbling couldnt understand him for most of the time.anyway he said he could fix errors .i thought hello whats this so i said to him is it free.and guess what he wanted my card details.no chance and i hung up.i googled this and i could see then it is a scam so beware m8s

[jordigirl]

this scam has been mentioned on here before

[smirnoff_rules]

my mate played him up for over an hour , gave him made up card numbers till he hung up

[starling]

i get a call at least once a week
glad they got nothing beter to do

[R_J]

Only once a week, I get them 2 - 3 times a day, they call more when I don't answer. Maybe this guy should go to their call center.

[BlueBox]

thanks for the info

[Shady]

i had a new one on saturday.. this time.. my washing machine was broken, now at least this pc scam is fairly faesible, pcs being interconnected the way they are and that, but a flipping washing machine?

[cunny]

Still not had the call.

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[R_J]

Whats your number? I'll give it to them next time they call

[shankill2012]

Found this about the scam on the net - "An interesting development in the area of scam was noticed by security experts a while ago. it seems that people in leicestershire are employing a localized version of the well known microsoft scan. The latter involves a person from a call centre somewhere in india ringing you up and pretending to be from microsoft security branch. The callers trick their victims into "fixing" their computers by installing various malware before demanding cash from the user to free it.
Thats what is called the "microsoft scam". But now it looks like someone in leicestershire knew about that scheme and decided to copy it and set up a local operation. The modified scheme is more interesting, because instead of claiming to work for the software giant, the scammers pretend to be working for leicestershire county council. - for instance, one of the callers/scammers told a resident that the county council passed on his details and that they were cooperating with the police.
In response, David bull, leicestershire county council's head of trading standards has published an official statement claiming that there was no way the council could pass on someones details to buisnesses. Both the security experts & entities like microsoft and county council remind internet users that they shouldnt respond to such calls and of course never give their sensitive details to an unknown person. Although many people understand that it is a scam and hang up - there are still many victims that fall for the story and agree to pay cash to get rid of the malware."