"Microsoft" (NOT Microsoft) 01415637520 / +441415637520

Who calls with 01415637520?

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   IT Man reported "Microsoft" (NOT Microsoft) with the number ‎01415637520 as Cost trap

   4/25/17, 4:35 PM

   Caller said they were from Microsoft and that my software license was targeted by hackers and was going to be disabled unless they fixed the problem. After they had got me to do lots of technical things "eventvwr" and "sysinfo" to prove that there was a problem they led me to the teamviewer website and talked me into allowing them access to my PC, at this point I was swiftly passed to the line manager who wanted to "fix" the problems and charge me. When I told him there were no problems he proceeded to render my PC useless by adding a password on startup (with syskey) while he argued with me, then he hung up.
   The "PC" I used was a virtual machine I setup last weekend since I'd had a few similar calls in the past, so I lost nothing and was able to waste 35 minutes of their time!
   But had this been your machine then potentially you could have lost everything, or at the least it would be very inconvenient and maybe costly to get it operational again.
   
   MICROSOFT DO NOT CALL PEOPLE OUT OF THE BLUE TO FIX PROBLEMS - TELL THE CALLER THAT YOU HAVE AN APPLE MAC (OR DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER AT ALL) AND THEY WILL HOPEFULLY TAKE YOU OFF THEIR ANNOYING AND ILLEGAL DATABASE. They seem to change numbers regularly so stay sharp! ;-)

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   Meg67 reported unknown with the number ‎01415637520 as Cost trap

   4/6/17, 9:49 PM

   A computer expert called me to remove viruses (which I don't have!), for a fee of course! SCAM!

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   Stuart reported Home with the number ‎+441415637520 as Cost trap

   8/7/17, 11:59 AM

   Wife picked up phone but always wary due to my insistence and previous experience; just heard the woman on the other end ask her if she was *name, and asked if she "was the main user of her computer"; at that point, my wife put the phone down with a cursory "Not interested"

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   colin reported number ‎01415637520 as unknown

   7/12/17, 3:15 PM

   silent phone call.. knew it was scammers. getting sick and tired of getting scam calls and nothing done about it. !! by telephone regulators

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   Keith reported unknown with the number ‎+441415637520 as Cost trap

   7/6/17, 9:21 PM

   Cold call Chinese sounding guy asking to talk about my computer problem trying to get access or passwords. Told him to shove off!

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   computer savvy reported samual with the number ‎+441415637520 as Cost trap

   6/14/17, 11:26 AM

   Scam for microsoft virus told them SCAM... go away

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   mrs p reported unknown with the number ‎+441415637520 as Cost trap

   5/22/17, 4:55 PM

   As a Careers Adviser I told the caller that instead of ruining peoples lives with scam calls to get a real job that helped people instead and then he just might be forgiven for past sins.

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   Kim reported Microsoft Engineer with the number ‎+441415637520 as Harassment calls

   4/18/17, 3:03 PM

   Said I had trojan virus on my pc and gave me an ID number to confirm they were legit. Passed me on to her supervisor when I didn't play along and asked for their number to verify who was calling me!! Supervisor said he was a Microsoft Certified Engineer and gave me an 0800 number which doesn't exist!

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    spot6060 reported number ‎+441415637520 as unknown

    4/10/17, 4:10 PM

    wanted to remove virus from computer,, i said i didnt have one and kept arguing with me until they got bored

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    banakam reported Garbled with the number ‎+441415637520 as Harassment calls

    3/31/17, 6:43 PM

    Wanted to repair the drivers on my computer. Couldn't understand that I use Linux not Windows - but I kept him on the phone for ages, while my coffee cooled.

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