What a scam!!!
 

I just got a call from "Microsoft"..lol
The recording said that the license on my computer was expired and to call: 8**-3**-9*** to renew it.

Bill Gates doesn't need my money that bad does he?.....lol That "Microsoft" has to do robocalls.



No telling how many people fall for this. As far as I know they don't expire on home computers.

I thought I heard everything from those "Microsoft" people, but this is new! After a thousand calls from those people I told them I died. They told me that that my computer was"infected" with porn, I told them that I threw my computer in the trash... What will they think of next!??

yes but for the low cost of however much they can get they will renew your free license. such nice helpful people

I tell them that, yes, my windows are dirty. When can they come out and wash them.

Have you all heard that the makers of malware and virus cleanup programs are frequently the ones who spread the virus in the first place to sell their cleaners? Sounds feasible to me.

I received that same call 2 times 3 weeks ago.

My friend got a call that she should get Dish Network. She loves to play with these people. She said "I have all the dishes in my cupboard, I don't need anymore". They went on with their spiel. She said, "I have blue ones, and green ones, and yes, orange ones and unbreakable ones". They hung up.

My son says these are from China. They are trying to get you credit cards numbers.

Oh, mine expires at least once a week:)

Most of the ones I hear come from India. There are some hilarious "scambaiting" videos on Youtube - they set up a virtual machine and let the scammers connect to that (It can't be harmed like a real computer).

I received an E-mail from "Microsoft" and my computer screen locked and was red. I was to call the 877 number, well I called Microsoft instead and was told they will never call or send out messages like this.. They were very helpful and went thru my computer and fixed it. The week before I got one from "my bank." They took care of that also. I don't know what is going on.

My daughter's friend got a call from 'Microsoft' too. Gave her all kinds of instructions - do this, do that... she said ok, ok but did nothing. Finally he said 'turn your computer back on and tell me what you see'.

She deadpan says... "I see an a**hole trying to scam me." He says, "you're good" and hangs up.

This has nothing to do with Microsoft - or the IRS, or a Nigerian Bank or a EU lottery - THEY ARE NOT REAL. Anytime you get a call or an email from ANY business that is requesting info, hang up and go directly to your account or to their website. If they are trying to contact you, you will have a notification or message on your account page. If it is an email DO NOT OPEN IT, that gives them access. Just respond as 'phishing' (look at either your junk link or your respond link, you will see a phishing link). While playing with them might be fun, they don't care. When I get a 'real' phone solicitor and they won't take no, I simply set the phone down and let them talk away. Sooner or later they realize I'm not there and hang up. At least I have used up their time and maybe saved another person from a phone call.

The "Microsoft Window" scammers that call our house are from India.

I also have gotten those calls. One, when I was told I had porn on it, I told not to worry, I had already washed my windows program and my computer was now clean. A moment of silence and then a click. And then I blocked that number as well as, what seems like hundreds of others, on my cell phone.

A couple of months ago I got the "Microsoft" call. The caller told me my computer had been hacked. Just because I was bored and wanted to have a little fun, I told the caller that I was the HACKER and I didn't want him messing with my computer. I told him I hacked into large corporations, government agencies, individual accounts, etc. Also that I didn't want him doing anything to my computer to prevent me from continuing to hack. In his broken English he told me, "I report you." Just in case you are curious, I am not a hacker. I am just trying to annoy the stupid callers.

We get credit card calls weekly, either saying they can consolidate or suspicious use on them. We don't have any credit cards, never had them, never will.

Don't forget:

And the IRS is after you.
You have several warrants for your arrest.
Your credit cards need to be consolidated.
Your going to be arrested for failure to show up for jury duty.
Your grandkids are all in jail in some nondescript country.

And all this can be solved by giving them the number off of a gift card or a pre paid Visa card.

I have been getting them for so long I just hang up on them.

The scammers who say they are from Microsoft, and tell me my computer is infected by a virus crack me up. I love to mess with them. When they tell me they have a warning that my computer will crash unless I send them money, I just tell them to let it crash since it is obviously a rogue computer that has snuck I to my home. I have all Apple products, so their warning is hilarious. I love to waste as much of their time as they will allow. I hate scammers!

Bill Gates has nothing to do with this stuff, nor does Microsoft.

I got a call from India speaking guy in broken English. He told me my computer license was about to expire. I don't him I don't have a computer, he asked me three times and I told him no. He was gobsmacked and I am sure he didn't believe me but, he hung up anyway. No more stupid calls. Almost always I let the answer machine take the calls.

The other day a teller marketer called three times in one day. Next morning at 7:45 they called and dinged a really loud bell. When we didn't answer they called right back and did the same thing. I guess they thought we were asleep. No, we are early risers.

All of this is a sad story about the deviousness of all too many people. We get half a dozen of these calls a day. Mostly, we just don't pick up!

If I'm in a silly mood I pick up and don't say anything. In a few seconds I hear a click and they are gone. Mostly though, I just don't answer.

I let the caller just continue talking after I have laid the phone down. I figure they can talk on their own dime and talking to the "air" keeps someone else from being harassed.

I have answered once or twice after seeing a # I don't recognize as " fraud dept... how may I direct your call?"
They hang up quick!

Can you imagine a child realizing a parent's job is to scam people? Most will then think it's okay and the cycle continues.

We regularly get all of the calls above and typically don’t answer the phone if we don’t recognize the number. Last week my husband was feeling ornery after receiving a message that he had nine warrants out for his arrest so he called them back and asked for the warrant number, where they were issued, how long until the officers would come arrest him, and which police department would be executing the warrant, etc. At the end he told them he was the county sheriff and was still waiting to be notified of the warrants but he’d be sure to ‘get right on it’ when he received notification. They hung up and so far haven’t called back on that number.

I have had the screen lock up and they said If I didn't call I couldn't use the computer. I just turned it off and rebooted. Works fine.

I was being sarcastic. Can you imagine if the CEO of companies called asking for money? They would sit in their corner office on the top floor with a lovely panoramic view and constantly dialing the phone.

I have a free app on my phone called "Should I Answer". I was getting a dozen calls a day from the same telemarketer. I haven't had but a few calls since I got it. When you get a call with a number it doesn't recognize, it asks if you want to answer. If I do and it is a robocall, I leave a negative review for that number and now it blocks it and alerts others who have it.

The funniest ones that I have gotten recently, from the so-called 'Microsoft' people, is that Microsoft owes me a refund. Yeah, right. I am sure that they will want my credit card number so that they can put the 'credit' on it and then help themselves to my credit card. NO way, no how.

I never pick up and think I have finally succeeded in getting my husband not to answer!

I got two calls today from 'Microsoft Security Department'. Each call had the exact same robo-message. Apparently I or my computer is committing fraud! Seems If i don't respond, eventually there will be a warrant for my arrest. I deleted both messages from my messages.

You know what is really nervy? They don't even put a real human on the call!

Apparently my car warranty is scheduled to expire-- every month for the last year. LOL

Those calls would start with us when my truck was about 4 years old, at the time it still had around 50,000 miles left on Chrysler/Damlier's warranty. We don't drive my truck much, it just hit 75,000 miles and it is 11 years old.

After getting daily and hourly calls from these cretins, I started using an air horn when I answered the phone. Fixed that problem.

Well I may have a gold mine on my hands - a phone number that seems to be immune from telemarketing calls. I have had it for a year and a half (tracfone) and after a few calls the first month, that I did not answer, NOTHING.

Who would like to start the bidding at $500?

those car warranty ones crack me up. I started getting calls when my car was near 7 years old and the factory warranty was 100,000 or 7 years. I put a lot of miles on my car so at the time it had 185,000 and the warranty had expired long ago. They keep promising that it's my "last chance" and if I don't respond I'll miss out. But they keep calling back.

I just got a scary call this morning. This was a recording that used my first and last name and said that there was a legal action being taken against me. That not continuing on with the phone call would be considered a 'non-compliance' and legal proceedings would be started immediately.

Of course, I hung up. The scary part was that they used my first and last name. That is a little more sophisticated than I am used to getting.