[Verbal]

I've just received a phonecall from an Indian sounding man who claimed he was from a company called Azure and that there was a problem with all Windows computers that needs to be fixed immediately. Don't fall for this, don't give them access to your PC, do not take their instructions, do not give them money.

This is a video of an actual technician who took a call from them, knew it was a scam but played along. This is what he wrote below the video:

1) Female tries to social engineer me by showing what she first calls errors and then spyware, viruses when in fact there is absolutely nothing wrong with my system.

2) Male takes over as "Senior Management" to move on with the recommended solution, a remote assistance session with a technician. He gets me to download TeamViewer and asks for the credentials so that another person can assist me.

3) Another male the "Microsoft Support Technician" is effectively now logged into my computer and opens up my browser and instructs me to enter my personal information (including banking information) to make a PayPal payment of $299.
Once I reach the Credit Card payment process, I attempt to enter data knowing that it will be rejected (wrong banking details). As soon as the Support Technician sees that, he promptly takes over the computer and deletes the entire content of the My Documents folder.
Finally, he reaches back with a "bye asshole" message within TeamViewer before removing my computer's network driver which effectively kills my Internet connection.
The other male on the phone assures me that the technician is always correct... but then he must have been alerted that this was going nowhere, at which point he hangs up the phone.

This is not only a scam to extort money but also a criminal act by destroying my personal data simply because they felt they wasted their time.

I can only imagine how a real victim with a real computer would feel if that happened to them.

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[Novo]

got one the other day from some Asian guy and tried to tell me his name was Paul Smith

[Cherie]

Yeah had a few of these calls they get really irate when you tell them you know its a scam.

[Ramsay]

This has been going on for years
sometimes i even play along with it and tell them to **** off after 10 mins

[Saph]

I keep getting an Indian man phoning my mobile asking for Helen

[smudgie]

Yeah, they don't take too kindly to being told to go do one

[King Gizzard]

that's why it's always good to have this to hand when they ring

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[T*]

Company- "Hello There. I work for Windows PC Supportings, we see you have problem with computer from internetings."

Me- "I have a Mac...."

Them- "..."

This is what I would do.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Saph

I keep getting an Indian man phoning my mobile asking for Helen

Tell him she is in your Bed
then he will move on.

[Verbal]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Yeah had a few of these calls they get really irate when you tell them you know its a scam.

Thats what I did, I hung up on him and he rang back screaming at me

Originally Posted by Karl

This has been going on for years
sometimes i even play along with it and tell them to **** off after 10 mins

I didn't know that, this is the first time i've ever had a call like that