Strange call pretending to be from microsoft tech support

I just got a phone call pretending to be from microsoft tech support, and It said "your P.C. has a virus it will crash if not fixed right away from private caller with phnoe no.19990212889186555 and ask me to go to my computer and my computer OS Password i ask them the phone no to call them back then they hung up!!!!! and i notice last night some was trying to login to my computer but they were not successful  and i heard somebody  voice on my PC ??
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Hi,

It is a Scam.

 

These so-called "Microsoft" Tech Companies either want to sell you worthless software, or gain Remote Access to your Computer to try and steal your Banking and Credit Card details and to also carry out an Indentity Theft on you.

You are the only one who knows if you have given them Remote Access.

If you have given them Remote Access and if you do Internet Banking, contact your Bank, explain it to them and change Passwords.

If you use your Credit Card online, cancel it and get a new one issued to you.

And the only way that you willl know that you are free of them is to save your Data and do a clean install of your Operating System.

 

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And Microsoft does not contact you, unless YOU have made prior arrangements with them to do so.

There is a section in the link I am supplying you about this at the end of it

 

Read this Microsoft Information:

"Avoid tech support phone scams"

http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/avoid-phone-scams.aspx

Do not trust unsolicited calls. Do not provide any personal information.

Here are some of the organizations that cybercriminals claim to be from:

  • Windows Helpdesk

  • Windows Service Center

  • Microsoft Tech Support

  • Microsoft Support

  • Windows Technical Department Support Group

  • Microsoft Research and Development Team (Microsoft R & D Team)

 

Cheers.

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Bill Smithers - Microsoft MVP July 2013 - Dec 2020

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Last updated March 25, 2018 Views 337 Applies to: