Unwanted phone calls About my PC

Since I have had a Malware attack, we have been getting phone calls from someone with a very heavy far east accent. He says he can fix my computer. I & my wife have both told him to leave us alone & not to call us again. He says his name is Max. His phone number shows up as 368-262-0000. I'm sure that the phone number is ficticious so I cant put it on a no call list.

Has anyone had to deal with this guy? & how did you get rid of him? Thanks DPI

 

You might find this interesting:

http://www.complaintslist.com/phone-calls/368-area-code/

 

I am one of local "computer guys" at the retirement community where I live. I get two or three calls a week from residents who have encountered Max, Oliver, Fred - take your pick. They are a "Microsoft Partner" who is about to help them by fixing problems on their computer and then selling them a "protection package" that will keep them safe - usually to the tune of $179 to $399.

The most recent iteration was from a resident who had bought a package from "Oliver's" company for $438. After a couple of months the resident got a call from Oliver who told the resident that Oliver's company had been sold and they could no longer offer the package he had bought. Oliver wanted to return the $438 but because of the way his company did business they could not directly credit back to his credit card. The best way to do it was for the resident to send $500 to a Pay Pal account that his company had set up for refund purposes. Then the company could then release payment in the amount of $938 back to the resident. Luckily, the resident parted company with Oliver at that time. Figured he had gotten a $438 dollar lesson in computer fraud.

How do you get rid of them?

• Simply hang up when they call.
• Let an answering machine handle the call.
• Or - just lay the phone down and go get a beer.

My choice is option 3.

 

Get two beers then get back on the line, listen to the spiel, then inform the tech you have a Apple Macintosh computer. That's what I did minus the beers(I don't drink). He promptly hung up and I haven't heard from them since.

 

A Google search also showed this:

368-262-0000


Did you get a call from 3682620000? Read the posts below to find out details about this number. Also report unwanted calls to help identify who is using this phone number.

368-262-0000
Country: Hungary
Location: Kaposvár

 

I like option 3!
The last time that I got involved with these guys, they captured my computer & put a password on it. It took me a month to get it back & put a password on the BIOS? so they cant get to my desk top. I would like to get a hold of these guys & turn them over to my hockey playing son!!!

 

I added a complaint & got another call while I was typing!

 

If I add a password to my BIOS will that stop hackers from stealing my Otiplex 750? - OR -
is there a better way to keep hackers out?

 

Only way is to stay off line. They want in, they coming in.

 

You'll never stop this. I've had mail addressed to me personally wanting me to partake in obvious money laundering???
I get "cold" calls nearly every day on the landline - nearly always Asian voiced and hard to understand.
Emails used to be quite normal, again bleeding heart requests for money for someone dying of an incurable disease. These have stopped since I changed my ISP about 4 years ago.
The Microsoft guy calling to tell you about troubles on your comp - I can't recall how many I've had. I've told the wife to hang up or get me to talk to them as I'm the IT guy in our house who builds and fixes the comps.
I just had a "cold" call this morning (2 hours ago) which was a bit unusual. The Asian guy asked for me by my full name and told me he had lottery tickets for me which had won a large sum of money.
I said very annoyingly that I had never purchased any lottery tickets. The caller broke all speed records in ending the call!
The only way to avoid this world-wide problem is to isolate yourself completely from society. Get rid of all your communication devices and become a hermit. Ha Ha Ha!!
That will never happen - so I will just continue to be my rude self to "cold" callers. Neil.

 

Update from my Post #3:

Oliver's "IT Computer Protection" company, and others similar to it, use another company to process their credit card payments. My friend contacted his credit card company and related his tale and asked that no further charges be made by the credit card processor. Three days ago my friend got a letter from his credit card company that the disputed charges had been credited to his account. So - a happy ending.

 

Score one for the good guys.