Microsoft survey?

April 10, 2023

Seeking to access and steal computer files, identity, etc

September 14, 2022

Trash, just nothing but pure trash 🚮! Block this trash always!

May 8, 2022

It's an official Microsoft tech support number. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/global-customer-service-phone-numbers-c0389ade-5640-e588-8b0e-28de8afeb3f2

February 7, 2022

Fake Microsoft technical support scam by madarchod criminals phoning from India, spoofing the actual Caller ID name/number that belongs to Microsoft. This is a fake Microsoft impersonation computer support scam by criminals calling from India. The India scammer tells you either that your software or Windows license is expiring, they are receiving alerts from your computer showing errors, they are Microsoft Help Center and they noticed someone is trying to steal your identity, your firewall security has been breached and they noticed suspicious activity on your computer, they noticed a hacking attempt on your computer, or that your Windows license will be deactivated within 48 hours as your IP address has been compromised from several countries. Unless you recently contacted Microsoft, Dell, HP, or Apple about a very specific problem, ALL unsolicited phone calls that you receive from Microsoft, Dell, HP, or Apple Support are scams that either say your computer has a problem that requires you giving them your credit card, or that your computer has a virus and they will tell you to use a browser to visit a ultraviewer.net, cbttr.com, gotoassist.com, or fastsupport.com website and enter a code that lets the scammer take control of your computer and then they install their own real ransomware virus that freezes your computer and these scammers then force you to give them your credit card number. I played with this India scammer for about 30 minutes, pretending that I was a computer novice and therefore a gullible victim for him. The scammer told me to use a browser to access a website that would allow the scammer to remotely access my computer and he told me to press the "Windows" key. I kept telling him there was no "Windows" key on my keyboard. That ate up 10 minutes of his time while I was cooking and I was not even using a computer lol. I wasted another 20 minutes of his time by pretending that I did not know how to use a browser. I tensed my vocal cords so I sounded old and talked very slow. I kept asking him to repeat what he said, and I kept acting until he hung up frustrated lol. About 65% of North America scam calls come from India and 30% come from the Philippines. India scammers run hundreds of fraud, extortion, and money laundering scams every day such as posing as a fake pharmacy, fake Social Security officer saying your benefits are suspended, IRS officer collecting on fake unpaid back taxes, debt collector threatening you for fake unpaid bills, fake bank/financial/FedEx/UPS/DHL scams, pretending to offer fake health insurance, car warranty, student loan forgiveness, credit card and debt consolidation services, posing as Amazon to falsely say an unauthorized purchase was made to your credit card or your Prime membership was auto-debited from your bank, posing as Microsoft/Dell/HP/Apple to say your account has been hacked or they detected a virus on your computer, fake "we are refunding your money" or "your account has been auto-debited" scams, fake Google/Alexa listing and work-from-home scams, posing as electric utilities, Verizon, AT&T, or Comcast, fake solar panel and home purchase offers, fake fundraisers asking for donations, fake phone surveys, and the scammers try to steal your credit card, bank account/routing number, Social Security number, and personal information. A India call center may rotate through a fake Social Security, subscription auto-renewal, pharmacy, and credit card offer scam within one week. Philippines scammers focus more on auto/home/health/life insurance, Social Security and Medicare identity theft. Scammers use disposable VoIP phone numbers (e.g. MagicJack devices) or they spoof fake names and numbers on Caller ID. Anyone can use telecom software to phone with a fake CID name and number. Scammers spoof thousands of fake 8xx toll-free numbers. CID is useless with scam calls unless the scam asks you to phone them back. CID area codes are never the origin of scam calls since scams use spoofed CID numbers from across the US and Canada, numbers belonging to unsuspecting people, invalid area codes, and fake foreign country CID numbers; e.g. fake women crying "help me" emergency scams often spoof Mexico and Middle East CID numbers. Scammers often spoof the actual phone numbers of businesses such as Apple, Verizon, and banks to trick you into thinking the call is valid. How can you avoid being scammed by phone calls? NEVER trust any unsolicited caller who: sells something (most unsolicited calls are scams so your odds of saving money are very poor); asks for your Social Security number; offers a free gift or reward; threatens you with arrest/lawsuit or says you need to reply back soon (pressure tactic); asks you to access a website, download a file, wire transfer money or buy prepaid debit/gift cards; claims suspicious activity on your account; says your subscription is being refunded or auto-renewed/auto-debited; and all pre-recorded messages. Recordings are far more likely to be malicious scams and not just telemarketer spam. All unsolicited callers with foreign accents, usually Indian or Filipino, are usually scams. Filipino scammers tend to speak better English than Indian scammers. Filipinos speak English with a subtle accent having a slight trill. Scams often say that you inquired about a job, insurance, social security benefits, or that you previously contacted them or visited their website. A common India scam plays a fake Amazon recording. Amazon account updates are emailed, not robo-dialed. Many banks use automated fraud alert calls to confirm a suspicious purchase, but verify the number that the recording tells you to phone or just call the number printed on your credit card. India scammers impersonate AT&T DirecTV, Comcast, or a cable/Internet company, offering fake discounts or service upgrades. Indians impersonate the IRS or Social Security Administration. The IRS/SSA never make unsolicited calls and never threaten to arrest you; they initiate contact via postal mail. Real lawsuits are not phoned in, especially not using vague threats lacking details; legal notices are mailed/couriered. The police, FBI, DEA never phone to threaten arrest; they show up in person with a warrant. Scammers try to gain your trust by saying your name when they call, but their autodialer automatically displays your name or says your name in a recording when your number is dialed using phone databases that list millions of names and addresses. Scammers often call using an initial recording speaking English, Spanish, or Chinese that is easily generated using text-to-speech translation software to disguise the origin of their India phone room. Some speech synthesis software sound robotic, but others sound natural. To hide their foreign accents, some India scammers use non-Indians in their phone room. Scammers often use interactive voice response (IVR) robotic software that combines voice recognition with artificial intelligence, speaks English with American voices, and responds based on your replies. IVR calls begin with: "Hi, this is fake_name, I am a fake_job_title on a recorded line, can you hear me okay?"; or "Hi, this is fake_name, how are you doing today?"; or "Hello? (pause) Are you there?"; or "Hi, may I speak to your_name?" IVR quickly asks you a short question to elicit a yes/no reply so it hangs up if it encounters voicemail. IVR robots understand basic replies and yes/no answers. To test for IVR, ask "How is the weather over there?" since IVR cannot answer complex questions and it keeps talking if you interrupt it in mid-sentence. IVR usually transfers you to the scammer, but some scams entirely use IVR with the robot asking for your credit card or SSN. A common myth is IVR calls record you saying "yes" so scammers can authorize purchases just using your "yes" voice, but scammers need more than just a recorded "yes" from you - credit cards and SSN. Phone/email scams share two common traits: the CID name/number and the "From:" header on emails are easily faked, and the intent of scam calls is malicious just as file attachments and website links on scam emails are harmful. Scams snowball for many victims. If your personal/financial data are stolen, either by being scammed, visiting a malicious website, or by a previous data breach of a business server that stores your data, then your data gets sold by scammers on the dark web who will see you as fresh meat and prey on you even more. This is why some receive 40+ scam calls everyday while others get 0 to 2 calls per day. If you provide your personal information to a phone scammer, lured by fake 80%-discounted drugs or scared by fake IRS officers, you receive even more phone scams and identity theft can take years to repair. Most unsolicited calls are scams, often with an Indian accent. No other country is infested with pandemics of phone room sweatshops filled with criminals who belong to the lowest India caste and many are thieves and rapists who were serving jail time but released early due to prison overcrowding. Scammers often shout profanities at you. Just laugh at their abusive language. Google "Hindi swear words" and memorize some favorites, e.g. call him "Rundi Ka Bacha" (son of whore) or call her "Rundi Ki Bachi" (daughter of whore). Scammers ignore the National Do-Not-Call Registry; asking scammers to stop calling is useless. You do these scammers a favor by quickly hanging up. But you ruin their scams when you slowly drag them along on the phone call, give them fake personal and credit card data (16 random digits starting with 4 for Visa, 5 for MasterCard), ask them to speak louder and repeat what they said to waste their time and energy.

July 10, 2021

Do not block

June 28, 2021

Indian call center Scammer claiming a computer is infected - Hung up immediately when I confronted him on the scam and told him I am the owner of a IT managed service provider. Anyone whom does this are complete scumbags and should be held accountable to the fullest extent.

June 25, 2021

This is a phishing scam, telling you your laptop/phones/WiFi has been compromised. They’ll ask you to go to your laptop & allow remote access & will claim you’re financials have been compromised & ask tell you to purchase Target gift cards. Very convincing as they use the Microsoft logos & circumvent your phones. Beware!

March 24, 2021

Fake computer technical support scam by madarchod criminals phoning from India, spoofing the actual Caller ID name/number that belongs to Microsoft. This is a fake Microsoft computer support scam by criminals calling from India. The scammer tells you either that your software or Windows license is expiring, they are receiving alerts from your computer showing errors, they are Microsoft Help Center and they noticed someone is trying to steal your identity, your firewall security has been breached and they noticed suspicious activity on your computer, they noticed a hacking attempt on your computer, or that your Windows license will be deactivated within 48 hours as your IP address has been compromised from several countries. Unless you recently contacted Microsoft, Dell, HP, or Apple about a very specific problem, ALL unsolicited phone calls that you receive from Microsoft, Dell, HP, or Apple Support are scams that either say your computer has a problem that requires you giving them your credit card, or that your computer has a virus and they will tell you to use a browser to visit a ultraviewer.net, cbttr.com, gotoassist.com, or fastsupport.com website and enter a code that lets the scammer take control of your computer and then they install their own real ransomware virus that freezes your computer and these scammers then force you to give them your credit card number. I played with this India scammer for about 30 minutes, pretending that I was a computer novice and therefore a gullible victim for him. The scammer told me to use a browser to access a website that would allow the scammer to remotely access my computer and he told me to press the "Windows" key. I kept telling him there was no "Windows" key on my keyboard. That ate up 10 minutes of his time while I was cooking and I was not even using a computer lol. I wasted another 20 minutes of his time by pretending that I did not know how to use a browser. I tensed my vocal cords so I sounded old and talked very slow. I kept asking him to repeat what he said, and I kept acting until he hung up frustrated lol. About 80% of North America scam calls come from India and 15% come from the Philippines. India scammers run hundreds of fraud, extortion, and money laundering scams every day such as posing as a fake pharmacy, fake Social Security officer saying your benefits are suspended, IRS officer collecting on fake unpaid back taxes, debt collector threatening you for fake unpaid bills, fake bank/financial/FedEx/UPS/DHL scams, pretending to offer fake health insurance, car warranty, student loan forgiveness, credit card and debt consolidation services, posing as Amazon to falsely say an unauthorized purchase was made to your credit card or your Prime membership was auto-debited from your bank, posing as Microsoft/Dell/HP/Apple to say your account has been hacked or they detected a virus on your computer, fake "we are refunding your money" or "your account has been auto-debited" scams, fake Google/Alexa listing and work-from-home scams, posing as an electric utility, Verizon, AT&T, or Comcast to say your service is suspended, fake solar panel and home purchase offers, fake fundraisers asking for donations, fake phone surveys, and the scammers try to steal your credit card, bank account/routing number, Social Security number, and personal information. A India call center may rotate through a fake Social Security, subscription auto-renewal, pharmacy, and credit card offer scam within one week. Philippines scammers focus more on Medicare and SSN/identity theft. Scammers use disposable VoIP phone numbers (e.g. MagicJack devices) or they spoof fake names and numbers on Caller ID. Anyone can use telecom software to phone with a fake CID name and number. Scammers spoof thousands of fake 8xx toll-free numbers. CID is useless with scam calls unless the scam asks you to phone them back. CID area codes are never the origin of scam calls since scams use spoofed CID numbers from across the US and Canada, numbers belonging to unsuspecting people, invalid area codes, and fake foreign country CID numbers; e.g. fake women crying "help me" emergency scams often spoof Mexico and Middle East CID numbers. Scammers often spoof the actual phone numbers of businesses such as Apple, Verizon, and banks to trick you into thinking the call is valid. How can you avoid being scammed by phone calls? NEVER trust any unsolicited caller who sells something (most unsolicited calls are scams so your odds of saving money are very poor); asks for your Social Security number; offers a free gift or reward; threatens you with arrest/lawsuit or says you need to reply back soon (pressure tactic); asks you to access a website, download a file, wire transfer money or buy prepaid debit/gift cards; claims suspicious activity on your account; says your subscription is being refunded or auto-renewed/auto-debited; and all pre-recorded messages. Recordings are far more likely to be malicious scams and not just telemarketer spam. All unsolicited callers with foreign accents, usually Indian or Filipino, are mostly scams. Filipino scammers tend to speak better English than Indian scammers. Filipinos speak English with a subtle accent having a slight trill. Scams often say that you inquired about a job, insurance, social security benefits, or that you previously contacted them or visited their website. A common India phone scam uses a fake Amazon recording about a purchase of an iPhone, but Amazon never robo-dials and Amazon account updates are emailed. Many banks use automated fraud alert calls to confirm a suspicious purchase, but always verify the number that the recording tells you to phone or just call the number printed on your credit card. Some scams ask for your credit card for purchase of their fake product or service. The scammer calls you back one day later to say their credit card machine is broken, so you must wire transfer the payment to them. After you have wired the money to them, they still overcharge your credit card after they change phone numbers, so they rob you twice before disappearing. Wire transfers and prepaid debit cards laundered through foreign bank accounts are untraceable. Scammers try to gain your trust by saying your name when they call, but their autodialer automatically displays your name or says your name in a recording when your number is dialed using phone databases that list millions of names and addresses. Scammers often call using an initial recording speaking English, Spanish, or Chinese that is easily generated using text-to-speech translation software to disguise the origin of their India phone room. Some speech synthesis software sound robotic, but others sound natural. To hide their foreign accents, some India scammers use non-Indians in their phone room. Scammers often use interactive voice response (IVR) robotic software that combines voice recognition with artificial intelligence, speaks English with American voices, and responds based on your replies. IVR calls begin with: "Hi, this is fake_name, I am a fake_job_title on a recorded line, can you hear me okay?"; or "Hi, this is fake_name, how are you doing today?"; or "Hello? (pause) Are you there?"; or "Hi, may I speak to your_name?" IVR quickly asks you a short question to elicit a yes/no reply so it hangs up if it encounters voicemail. IVR robots understand basic replies and yes/no answers. To test for IVR, ask "How is the weather over there?" since IVR cannot answer complex questions and it keeps talking if you interrupt it in mid-sentence. IVR usually transfers you to the scammer, but some scams entirely use IVR with the robot asking for your credit card or SSN. A common myth is IVR calls record you saying "yes" so scammers can authorize purchases just using your "yes" voice, but scammers need more than just a recorded "yes" from you - credit cards and SSN. Phone/email scams share two common traits: the CID name/number and the "From:" header on emails are easily faked, and the intent of scam calls is malicious just as file attachments and website links on scam emails are harmful. Scams snowball for many victims. If your personal/financial data are stolen, either by being scammed, visiting a malicious website, or by a previous data breach of a business server that stores your data, then your data gets sold by scammers on the dark web who will see you as fresh meat and prey on you even more. This is why some receive 40+ scam calls everyday while others get 0 to 2 calls per day. If you provide your personal information to a phone scammer, lured by fake 80%-discounted drugs or scared by fake IRS officers, you receive even more phone scams and identity theft can take years to repair. Most unsolicited calls are scams, often with an Indian accent. No other country is infested with pandemics of phone room sweatshops filled with criminals who belong to the lowest India caste and many are thieves and rapists who were serving jail time but released early due to prison overcrowding. Scammers often shout profanities at you. Just laugh at their abusive language. Google "Hindi swear words" and memorize some favorites, e.g. call him "Rundi Ka Bacha" (son of whore) or call her "Rundi Ki Bachi" (daughter of whore). Scammers ignore the National Do-Not-Call Registry; asking scammers to stop calling is useless. You do these scammers a favor by quickly hanging up. But you ruin their scams when you slowly drag them along on the phone call, give them fake personal and credit card data (16 random digits starting with 4 for Visa, 5 for MasterCard), ask them to speak louder and repeat what they said to waste their time and energy.

March 12, 2021

Could have been SS The caller was aggravated with your response of the “hello “good job Robo!

November 11, 2020

Came up Microsoft. Out of country call. Background noise says something very different then the calls identifiers. Feels like scammer/hacker

July 26, 2020

I called them (I thought it was xbox support) and a scammer picked up. He kept on saying "(letter) as in (object as an example)". He also told me to help me, he had to connect to my computer (by using the "Run" command).

June 9, 2020

Microsoft scam

May 16, 2020

Microsoft security is for my desktop computer

May 2, 2020

Microsoft Scan caller

March 28, 2020

Microsoft scam

March 27, 2020

Microsoft security scam

March 13, 2020

A Microsoft scam

March 12, 2020

Ugh

March 10, 2020

Scam

February 22, 2020

This WAS Microsofts Legit number. HOWEVER, They DO NOT CALL YOU! hackers and spammers use programs to "Spoof" their actual number so you see Microsofts number. if you were a smart enough cookie to google the number and verify.. hackers hope to put your mind at ease with that one little detail they happen to get right. This number is shown to be Microsoft affiliated still but i think due to all the spam and phishing they have removed it since i tried calling it today(1/27/2020) and gave me an error. a bit of advice to people out there, DO NOT allow anyone to install anything on your computer or guide you through the process(unless you know they are legit at least and and you called them). once they have access to your computer though the programs they install(or got you to install) you might as well kiss your data goodbye. this is often how RansomWare starts. just trying to be helpful everyone! stay safe.

January 28, 2020

Does not speak English

January 27, 2020

no

December 13, 2019

Sorry yes this is the correct answer for this caller please submit this answer to the information center for this app

October 8, 2019

Microsoft scam

September 30, 2019

Microsoft should be sued for not listening to put me on the do not call list

September 26, 2019

Microsoft scam

September 25, 2019

Thanks

September 23, 2019

I couldn’t understand what he said so to me it’s spam!

September 12, 2019

Threatening legal action, fraudulent.

September 12, 2019

I wish the FCC would prosecute these s**m bags

September 6, 2019

Computer maintenance scam

September 4, 2019

computer

July 30, 2019

Microsoft

July 24, 2019

This is a Microsoft number.

July 12, 2019

internet service threat

July 9, 2019

Don’t know because I didn’t answer it

July 5, 2019

wanted me to call Microsoft in order to protect my computer.

June 28, 2019

Phony Microsoft security alert

June 28, 2019

Block this call

June 22, 2019

Claims it’s Microsoft. It’s not.

May 30, 2019

Can’t understand the muffled message

May 27, 2019

Microsoft

May 20, 2019

Call from Microsoft

May 18, 2019

Microsoft technical support scam.

May 16, 2019

Claims to be Microsoft who detected a breach on my computer. Obvious scam.

May 15, 2019

Microsoft calling saying that my license has expired.

May 14, 2019

Drugs

May 14, 2019

Spectrum

May 8, 2019

yes they want me to call and give them my up address and key! scammers of the worst kind !

May 4, 2019

Tech solutions

May 4, 2019

Microsoft security alert scam

May 2, 2019

I don’t even have a Microsoft computer.

May 1, 2019

Claims Microsoft hardware breach

May 1, 2019

Microsoft scam

April 29, 2019

Microsoft Scam

April 23, 2019

Call regarding Microsoft products. I don’t have any.

April 23, 2019

Trying to say they are Microsoft security then it gets transferred to an Indian accent

April 22, 2019

MS support

April 13, 2019

they are very persistent.

April 10, 2019

Block

April 8, 2019

Block

April 5, 2019

Continue the good work

March 15, 2019

This is really forreally Microsoft Support. For Azure services.

March 13, 2019

Not spam

March 12, 2019

This was a s****l call it was explicit and this guy should be investigated

March 8, 2019

AOL technical support

February 15, 2019

Love the recordings

February 11, 2019

Microsoft Customer Service

February 6, 2019

Tech support allow

February 5, 2019

Microsoft

February 5, 2019

Not spam

February 2, 2019

This was a call back from Microsoft

February 2, 2019

It’s Bing Ads!

February 1, 2019

MS commercial Billing

January 30, 2019

Microsoft support.

January 29, 2019

Microsoft Support

January 24, 2019

Microsoft security scam

January 24, 2019

Said it was Microsoft

January 23, 2019

Microsoft

January 23, 2019

Microsoft..they say

January 22, 2019

Claimed Microsoft security problem

January 22, 2019

Do NOT block!

January 22, 2019

Microsoft support

January 22, 2019

It’s Microsoft

January 17, 2019

Microsoft

January 10, 2019

Microsoft

January 4, 2019

MICROSOFT support

December 13, 2018

Windows

December 12, 2018

It is Microsoft support

December 10, 2018

Microsoft Support

December 7, 2018

Microsoft service

November 29, 2018

Microsoft Scam

November 22, 2018

Keeps calling! Do your job app and block this s**t

November 21, 2018

Microsoft support calling back

November 14, 2018

Microsoft scam

November 12, 2018

Microsoft

November 8, 2018

Microsoft

November 7, 2018