August 18, 2010, DH says:

He or his cousin is still going strong as of August 16. He told me he was from Microsoft, and they had been advised of my computer problem by international routing systems, and I should go to a certain website. I don't know what good stuff awaited me at that website because I said my goodbyes at that point.
Doug, Dallas, TX

August 30, 2010, Graham L says:

I've just had a similar call from a Stephen Adamson of International Routing Systems, who had a distinctly Indian sound about him. He was apparently responding to Error reports that I had made to Microsoft, and he was to assist me in dealing with the problems on my PC. By coincidence(?) I had recently sent a couple of Error reports to Microsoft, but I was still wary of this call. He implied that IRS acted for Microsoft in dealing with problems on people's computers. Like your experience, he asked me to press the flag and R keys to bring up the Run box, and then to type in "vwr". He didn't explain what that stood for. At this point I decided to check out IRS, and so I asked him to call me back in half-an-hour. He agreed to do so and I rang off. I subsequently found your blog on this scam, for which I thank you. I'm still waiting for Stephen to call me back.

September 3, 2010, fran says:

well its the same for me some idina dude called n said he wus from the irs n to click live suport so he culd take over n my stupid sister did n then he took over for a lil wile n my sis said nevermind call n a hour n did n we found out it wus a scam thanks to u but wer still worrid about the live support thing cuz she did click on it darn sister

September 6, 2010, tg says:

some dude just called me and i could hear other in the back ground. I thought he said he was from microsoft and that my computer had been sending microsoft alerts about a virus.

I told him my McAffe said I was protected, him"yes, it will because McAffee has been hacked into and it is only scanning about 20%"

I think that then he said something about being from McAffee, when I said I thought you said Microsoft he said yes and said some hubbub, I don't know. Told him I would talk to my comp friend and he gave me same number that someone posted. Told my I had to call back because there was a "deadly virus" that no one on this earth could fix. I said I am just skeptical, Of course he understood :) how do they get away with this?

September 13, 2010, Sandy says:

I received a call on 9/9/10, and it was female of indian decent. She said my computer was infected with viruses and sending reports to International Routing System. She said she was calling from Microsoft 35 Global Technical Department. She said she could help fix the problem and asked me to turn on my computer. Then, she said to pull up Internet Explorerer, highlight and delete http://www... and type in www.irssupport.net. I was very sceptical, but once I put in the website, it appeared to be a Micrsoft 35 Global International Routing something or another. She told me to click on live support, but I was hesistant and she kept trying to tell me she was going to help me fix the problem, that she was a certified Microsoft technician or something. I clicked on live support and a box appeared that had and ID number and she asked for the ID number. I told her that I didn't give out personal information over the phone and she kept trying to convice me that she was trying to help me solve the problem. I told her I would have to confirm that she was from Microsoft before I gave her anymore information. The line went dead and then she called back, still trying to convice me. She gave me a phone number of 510-722-6000. I asked her if there was an extension and she said 1000. When I asked her name she said "Linda", but she was certainly not a "Linda". I have contacted Microsoft and was informed that they will never call you on the phone from Microsoft and I did the right thing by not giving them the ID number, that you don't give that number to anyone, that it is the product ID number to your computer's software. Now, though, I am a little concerned about a virus or malicious malware?? How would I know if just by going to that scam of a website if they installed something on my computer?

September 14, 2010, ab says:

I received a call on 11/09/10, initially it was an Indian male who spoke to me and told me that I had a lot of network traffic. He had found out my details from the international routing systems and he was to assist me in dealing with the problems on my PC. He got me to run eventviewer on the PC and then tried to provide a web address for me to go to. I was unable to fully understand what he was saying at which point a woman took over the conversation.

The web address was www.teamviewer.com, I quickly read the web page and explained that I was unhappy for someone who I didn't know to have remote access to my PC. The woman strongly suggested I should do it so they could resolve my problems. At this point I explained that I would be reinstalling Windows and there was little point in continuing. She suggested calling me back once this had been done. I have been called back twice although I was not there at the time - apparently they will be ringing me back tomorrow.

Does anyone know what these people are actually up to?

September 16, 2010, margaret thomas says:

you rang me today and tried to steal off me Mayur I told you that stealing is wrong-bad karma I know you believe in karma! repent now and do not steal any more-all of you!! a lot of us in australia are poor we are not all rich only one third of population are rich. I know you read these comments

September 20, 2010, Ron Jones says:

Have just had a call (for the second time) from the Indian "gentleman" already described. He had rang one day last week and been told in no uncertain terms what to do.
Not to be deterred, he rang again and went through the same speil about my emails containing viruses.
When I requested his telephone number he volunteered 02 90372906 and the name Dave King.
I didn't bother calling the number, but I can say by the accent he was certainly no "Dave King".
By the way, I'm from the far North Coast of NSW. The only reason for my contacting you is to let you know he is alive and well in regional Australia.

September 23, 2010, Sue T says:

Had a sus phone call from Indian "gentleman" saying our computer had notified them that we had a virus on our computer. I kept asking how come they had never informed us of viruses before, and we had dealt with them ourselves. Kept on with his spiel, gave me internet site, soon as he said www.irssupport.net, warnings went up, no mention of microsoft in site address. Put son on who asked relevant questions when asked for phone number line went dead!!!

September 25, 2010, Jeremy says:

Just had one myself, still going.
Kept them on the line for over 7 mins while I fluffed around

September 26, 2010, Warwick says:

I am in Australia and have just been contacted by a friend who has been totally taken by this scam, followed the steps requested, allowed them to take control of his computer for an hour, then purchased the "protection software" offered by the scammer for A$138 using a credit card number. The initial website was www.irssupport.net, followed by ww.onlinerepairworld.com/regiser.php
After contacting his bank he was informed of the scam and the bank confirmed that the $A138 money had been charged to his credit card. Luckily no more had been charged (at this stage) and the bank have now cancelled his credit cards and internet bank accounts etc. The bigger risk, and question, is; does anyone know what they may have installed on the computer, or whether they are after personal details, or installing software to record keystrokes to obtain bank account passwords?
Is running a recognised virus protection softare (McAfee, Nortons etc.) enough to find out, or would you recommend a complete Windows installation?

September 27, 2010, Don says:

They have been calling me several times, once the lady had me looking at my error log, tonight they had me got to their website and wanted me to download an executable file.

Using the report toll in IE I reported their website as unsafe phising site and called Microsoft, amazingly I was on hold for 5 minutes, I relayed all the information I had about this company stressing the fact that all three times they have called, they start out by saying they are calling from Microsoft an then afterwards almost under their breath they say they are a microsoft certified vendor.
The gentleman I spoke to tonight said they are not on Microsofts vendor list and they are escalating the information I gave them.

October 1, 2010, Sarah says:

Today 10/1/2010, i also recieved a call from an indian guy representing from Mircrosoft and that my comp was infected. He says that he got the message from Internaitonal Routing System. So after haering this i told him to give me his name, ( Kenneth Hogg) and his number ( 510-706-5000)..So i googled the international routing system and took me to this page! I'm glad i didn't go through with it!

October 4, 2010, Jon says:

I know its very tempting to prove to these people that they are scamming by trapping them in their own lies, but don't even bother with that. Scammers are very smart, and learn your reactions, and will start learning how to come up with better answers when you try to trap them. Each failed scam attempt makes them smarter for the next attempt.
So if you want to have fun, have fun, and just totally agravate the guy, make small talk, talk fast, talk gibberish, talk about going and getting a cheeseburger, or whatever... when they say to go to irssupport, instead go to irsupport, and talk to them about the locks there.. be sure to totally waste their time, going to the wrong site multiple times. And type slow.. You are getting free entertainment. Start flirting, or anything.. just have fun. I do this with sales monkeys all the time who randomly call. Its fun to see how frustrated you can make them, and see if you can get them to hang up first out of frustration.

October 6, 2010, Damn them says:

Had a call today , canada . Passed from one person to the next.. From a man to a woman. Telling me they were working for Microsoft and that there was an error on my system sending out messages to International Routing System.

Confused by the operating system, what type? they did not knwo , guessed, guessed wrong.. but lets go on and see where this leads.

They had me open Eventvwr and used this to demonstrate a number of warnings and errors. When asked how I fix these I was told to type a web address at the start button. This lead to a messanger window. They asked for a registration number. I saod I did noy have one. They said tehy will provide a temporry one but I should renew it as my ssl has expired and I should buiy a new one. Clearly unreal. I continued. They gave me a passcode number and I entered it. The woman confiormed I had connected and then told me that she will hang up and a technician will call me back. The messanger stated a technician will log in soon. Eventually the technician did arrive and I started typing questions in the chat .Duhhh I gave control pf my machine to them ...kick..

the phone call then arrived.. More questions they showed me the log again but when I said fix them then . I was told it will take an hour to fix and then they will call me back.

At that point I pulled teh plug on the PC power and told them they were full of .. and I will not proceed further with them.

I will continue investigating what they downloaded and what information the gleamed.

October 6, 2010, Sarah says:

Oops i mean IP address lol

October 11, 2010, Susanne says:

I'm in Australia and just got a call from a stroppy Indian lady named Mari, with pretty much the same contents as above. I questioned her, asked for her number which she claimed was a number in Sydney but did not give me time to actually note it down as she was quick to hang up. Great to have found this site whilst I was still on the phone to her!

October 13, 2010, Beverley says:

I'm in Australia, I just got a call 5 minutes ago, same story about infections through the router, when asked how she got my number, she hung up, I sent a tweet to The Geelong Advertiser about the scam.

October 19, 2010, Jonathan says:

This scam is alive and well in the UK. I got a call fitting that description not more than an hour ago.

The fellow was named "Mark" from the IRS, same story, same request. A couple of probing questions and saying that I have a virus scanner installed already resulted in the line being caught off. Clearly "Mark" was up to something. The friendly folks of Twitter filled me in on the details and that's how I found this blog post.

No phone number was available using British Telecom's trace back service, but I will be contacting UK Trading Services in the morning.

October 24, 2010, margaret thomas says:

they have put "trojans" in my computer why?

November 6, 2010, Jon says:

Just had call Indian lady in "Brooklyn" - asked her what the time was there and she replied "morning".
"Is the sun shining today?" I asked.
"Oh yes" she replied. Since it was 9.00am here in England I considered this unlikely !

November 10, 2010, Nabo says:

So, we have all been called, we dont know how they got our numbers, or what they were planing to do / have done.
What actions are open to us? Do we just forget about it? Does anyone have firewall / security advice to prevent them getting more information? Are there any authorities with resources / jurisdiction to investigate?

November 19, 2010, Bill says:

"Annette" of onlinerepairworld rang today in Australia. Same speel about microsoft saying I've got viruses. Unfortunately very convincing so let her "take over my PC". When I noticed a lot of heavy traffic going on I switched off mid sentence. Hope I've not been compromised.

November 22, 2010, Sue says:

I have just this second had a call from International Routing Systems informing me I have a serious problem with my computer! Indian guy saying he is going to solve my problems - which I am not having. Informed me that he gets his information directly from Microsoft. Started talking about 'traffic' and carried on doing a very convincing job of 'talking technical'. Wanted me to start running programmes, kept asking 'Aren't you interested in saving your computer - it will die as soon as you switch it on tomorrow'. Started being quirte aggressive.

I am a very sceptical person at the best of times, and as it happens I had my system switched on and googled Int Rout Sys and immediately got this site - read a few and cut him off in his prime saying I wasn't happy with carrying on the conversation. No idea where he got my number from as our home number not on available lists (signed up to Telephone preference) not usually in at this time of day so he obviously got lucky - or unlucky! Where are they getting their info? Very worrying! Extremely bad line so just got him to keep repeating himself to drag call out while I checked. Couldn't catch his name unfortunately as accent too strong. Having read a few of the other entries, must be same people - also mentioned not trying to sell anything to me.

I find this extremely worrying and

November 23, 2010, VJ says:

Same as everyone else here. My caller id only showed 9 digits (normally 10 in the US). I had the lovely Indian gentleman and he spoke very slooow. He said that he was representing the Microsoft Certification department. He spelled out the url extremely slow and while he did that, I googled the website and saw that there were references to a scam. I explained to him that I know nothing about his company and I will not type in the url. End of call.

November 24, 2010, Daeld says:

Wow, these guys are really dumb...!

November 26, 2010, Mike S says:

Got the call today... Nov 26, 2010. Almosted sounded official invoking the name of Microsoft and some sort of malicious internet traffic. Wanted me to go to their site (WWW.IRSSUPPORT.NET) but instead I did a web search. I told the indian guy it was a scam an hung up. The caller ID showed as "out of area".

December 2, 2010, artforested says:

What are the risks of identity theft and account security if you took the bait and let them into the computer (not finding this site first like smart people). They got into my computer and used the curser to show me things...but I did not give them a credit card #...I know stupid stupid....he was really polished in his 'presentation'. How do I protect myself after the fact??

December 2, 2010, Bet says:

Hi,
These guys are persistent. I've had the pleasure (cos I love winding them up) of dealing with them on numerous occasions over the last 2 months. All callers appear to be indian and have nice traditional Irish/English names. So far I've spoken to; Paddy, Peter, Dave, Robbie and Shane from Microsoft Support (yeah right!!!) and today I had a call from Tony from Windows Support. Boy did he get annoyed when I wouldn't play ball; shouting and getting all steamed up like a two year old. Anyway, all calls relate to apparent 'error reports' my computer is sending and when questioned about how they got my private number, they've all said that they got their information through my IP Server, which is kinda worrying if it's true.
Hmmm, wonder who'll call tomorrow, bet it won't be Rachid, Hakeem or Indira...............

December 8, 2010, emgee says:

Yep, they've decided to focus on Scotland as of December 2010!! Apparently trying to convince us that they're based in 5 Torrance Street, London EC!! 5NN
tel 020 323 94416

Please try to publicise this scam in UK. Concerned that they have my name and phone details

December 18, 2010, mac says:

I have just a call from our friend from India about error messages he had been phoning all week .This time i answered the call he asked for computer owner ,when i told him i was owner he asked me to go on line ......I hung up 5mins later he called again wife answered this time to say i was out...He hung up

December 23, 2010, Bucksta says:

I'm in the US, and I just got the call by some guy who tried to pull this scam also. His deal was that he was with Microsoft also, and that my machine was broadcasting personal information. I couldn't understand half of what he said to a very thick accent. I asked for his name ('Tatric ???'), phone number (510-722-6000), website (www.onlinerepairworld.com), and had my wife call the number back. His deal was that my version of McAfee wasn't compatible with XP (right click on McAfee properties and see what operating systems come up in the dropdown box, XP's not there). He was like, I have to take control of your machine to fix it, and I said you are a jackass and hung up on him.

I'm somewhat in shock - the phishing roullette wheel spun and landed on me...

January 4, 2011, derek says:

I'm in Scotland,
Just had the same scammers on phone for about an hour, the problem is that I do have issues with my laptop being really slow so thought it was a genuine call up to the point when they were going to connect me to a site to update my "windows warranty" which they say is out of date, they wanted £126 for a one year cover, which as soon as I said I had no money they said it was for two year cover to which I still declined, then it went up to £206 for "life cover" for up to 4 pc's ALARM BELLS started at this point I switched on my desk top and googled this forum,kept putting them on hold and asking them for details but the indian guys got more and more agitated, meanwhile I stopped thier access and deleted everything I could had been downloaded to "fix" my pc, they hung up at this point
I HAD ALREADY ALLOWED THEM ACCESS TO MY LAPTOP AM I IN DANGER OF VIRUS/SPYWARE SCAMWARE ???, I have deleted everything they loaded and run AVG 9 which found nothing ,can anyone please advise.

January 6, 2011, Albert Lewis says:

Pretty much same - "I am calling bc the International Routing Service has advised us that your computer is generating a lot of error messages and I would like to help you eliminate them or your computer will probably bog down and crash" "We will fix any minor things for free but maybe we will find some big important things you must fix and then we might have to charge you" "We are associated with Microsoft (like Best Buy) . . and located in Beacon New York . . we are an International Corporation registered in New York" Tel No 845-440-1800 (which doesn't work . . sounds like an offline Skype number)
Would suggest easiet thing is to take a Telephone Number and ask to call them back -- if they can't do it, they're probably a fraud. (the guy did hang on my hold music for quite a while! . . felt good about that)

January 11, 2011, Kechi says:

I used to get this call all the time, and then they stopped. But someone calling himself James Watson called me this morning (I am in England) saying he was from REGY Solutions. a company based in central London, working on behalf of Windows. He wanted me to switch on my computer, click on start, run and type in eventvwr. I played along to see if I could actually find out a bit more but even the telephone number he supplied 02921250387 was not genuine. Is there no way of stopping this wickedness?

January 17, 2011, hi me also says:

yep and now New Zealand, an Indian fellow got to me and wanted me to allow remote assistance... I asked him to prove who he is.. he hung up Int. phone no.? to New Zealand 9-1676 nothing else if this helps...

January 20, 2011, Sarah says:

My Mum had a similar call this morning. (Manchester, UK) Said they were working for Windows Support Service Dept and that warnings re: "Malicious junk files" were being ignored and that this will adversely affect the computer. Luckily Mum is quite Internet savvy and pretended she didn't know how to work a computer, but said she would get me to look at it next time I called round. He gave this dummy number and a false address in London, for me to contact "Martin" when I had chance.

January 24, 2011, Yvonne says:

My mother in Australia, just fell for these guys and they remotely accessed her computer and 'cleaned' it up for her and charged her A195 for the job and 2 years membership. What now? What are they after and who do you report it to? Concerned for her as she is not very computer savvy and I am in the UK and cant help.
Any advice?

January 26, 2011, Huron S says:

Just got a call from Alan Peter and when I asked for his real name I got David Baptastist. "I'm a Christian." and a Microsoft certified technician, he said. An Indian accent, I'd say, and he purported to show me that I was having troubles with my computer. Right-click computer, then computer management | windows logs | Application, and he did show me a yellow "warning". However, the event was eight days old and there had been nothing since, so I was skeptical that my computer was about to crash and I would have to go out and buy a new computer. The site he mentioned was onlinerepairworld.com.

My advice? If you are in the service area of Best Buy, double-check with the Geek Squad to verify that you might be having a computer issue. I have no stock in and am not affiliated with that company.

February 2, 2011, chris Kendrick says:

just had them on to me very odd, they said they were in southern California..I am in Australia

February 8, 2011, Grant says:

Still scamming as on 8/2/11!

February 11, 2011, Phil says:

Im in the UK, got a call from "Microsoft 35 Technical Department", for some reason trying to direct me to a www.support.me website. Was very sceptical so decided to google. Dont fall for it.

February 15, 2011, Regents says:

A client had a similar call to give access plus their home address etc. Fortunately they couldn't follow the instructions properly and hung up in frustration. I reminded them never to follow instructions from unknown people on the phone - one was offering a free mobile phone! www.regentsriskadvisory.com

February 24, 2011, BJDJ says:

Insistent buggers.
Indian girl said she was from microsoft and I did what she wanted thinking i was being helped.
i was passed on to a technition and I began to realize i was being dooped when they gained control of my computer.
It was going to cost $135.
I pretended a blackout and couldn't get back on the computer.
Later the computer was infected and worsening at every restart.
I reinstalled the O/S but again it became infected. I believe they knew the IP and just reinfected. I ahve been called three or four times by them since.
To solve the problem I got another computer going and am using it. No probs but they are still calling wanting me to reveal my details doesn't matter what you say insistant buggers.

February 26, 2011, sean says:

this is the message I wrote to my social network to warn them.
 
Warning! Telephone scammers trying to get remote access to your computer!!!
Just got a call from a company stating that they work for Microsoft and that they had observed that I have viruses and malicious software on my computer coming from the "International Routing System." They then told me that they would help me free of charge get these off my system and that I should go to their website, (teche4pc.com <--don't go there). The guy obviously had an indian accent and said his name was "John Miller" and he was calling from New York. I laughed out loud when he told me his name, but he still went on to try and scam me. Don't know where they got our number from but he called me Mr. Lavender. I asked for a phone number to call him back, and for a legit site that started with www.microsoft.com, he quickly punted me to his "manager" This guy was so much smoother and had only a little bit of an indian accent. His name was "Dave" and went on to tell me that if I thought this was a scam to go to their website. He continued to try and explain he was only trying to help and that it was because my computer was sending to much web traffic to the "International Routing System" At this point I had found (http://www.theogray.com/blog/2010/07/international-routing-system) and told him that I knew this was a scam and would be reporting them to the Canadian Authorities. No lie, the guy laughed the most evil laugh I've ever heard and said "go right ahead, there is nothing they can do" Sorry for making this so long but I just wanted to give everyone a heads up. If I didn't know a lot about computers, there is a good chance I would have fallen for this because they sounded so professional. here is another link:
http://ca.topmodel.yahoo.com/s/14022011/79/central-opp-warn-computer-scam.html

March 3, 2011, Two Dogs says:

Same routine, same packdrill in Australia using www.onlinerepairworld.com/live_support.php and pointing me to an exe called AMMYY_Admin.exe to click on. Strangely I didn't click and never got what they were offering.

I can see non-techies and the older members of the community being confused and there must be enough reward in this scam for it continue.

Thanks for the article and if it saves a few then very well done.

March 10, 2011, RIKKI says:

Caught by this scam and had my laptop wrecked.

March 21, 2011, Jennifer says:

I had a very similar call this afternoon. The man had an Indian accent and said he was with Microsoft. He knew the type of computer I used. He seemed knowledgeable and acted as though he was a rep. He told me to go to teche4pc web site though. I navigated, but my computer would not let anything run. Thank the Lord.

March 24, 2011, Sarah says:

This is the third time this Indian Guy from 'International Routing Systems' has called.....this week! My kids answered the previous calls & said that i wasn't in. My Husband (who is PC knowledgable) answered the latest call & demanded to know how he knew that our computer is 'running slow'....Indian guy said that he knew through the International Router & could he switch the computer on. My Husband asked which computer.....& the Guy said your home computer....(the fact that we have 4 computers in this house seemed to go unknowledged). Husband asked him what type of computer we have if he knows so much about it....the Guy said we have a Mac.......WRONG! My Husband promptly hung up the phone! We are in Ontario, Canada.

March 28, 2011, Tony Dixon says:

Just had a woman phone with the same scam. Couldn't tell me my IP address either. As a Mac user, I'm highly unlikely to have a virus.

April 6, 2011, grenadierca says:

They seem to be working Canada now...we get a call every day or two and mess about with them until they hang up.

Next time I think I'll greet them like an old friend and ask if they're annoyed with me or something because they haven't called for a couple of days. How's the wife & kids? And so on...waste their time without letting them get a word in edgewise while giggling to myself the whole time.

April 8, 2011, Johnnychicago says:

They are hitting chicago now. He wanted me to go to www.Ammyy.com This is a software to control your computer remotely. I kept him busy with real dumb questions and I had him spell everything he said. Then I asked him if I could call him back. He reluctantly gave me this phone #847-531-9241 and they answered technical service. I hung up. Now when the phone rings out of area. I answer microsoft 32 insted of 35. Lol

April 14, 2011, tami says:

Australia. i just had a call from Anna Wilson 0261008129 is their number who put me on hold to transfer me to speak to their experienced technicial Mark, one of a hundred of their technicials, actually she just put the phone down on the desk and he wandered over. Incidently, he is also the guy who answers the phone if you call that number. Lucky I found your blog. I was afraid my hard drive would be wiped in 24 hours. They were very specific about my time frame

April 20, 2011, Ernie says:

The real Ernie is 86 years old and these people had her on the phone for 2 hours last night attempting to get credit card numbers, online banking usernames and passwords, etc. When she did not know her online banking password, she called me and that is when I discovered she had been had. Anybody know for sure what we should look for on her computer to remove?

April 21, 2011, Amanda says:

They're definitely busy in Australia. Just had a call from them; Indian man couldn't explain how he could tell my computer ( 1 of 4 in the house) was downloading all these malicious files, except that the International Routing System was picking it up. I could hardly understand what he was saying so hung up. What intrigues me is that I had a similar call from an Indian lady a few weeks ago, with exactly the same spiel, except she was trying to direct me to a company called "computerservicing.com", which looks legit, except for the comment on the top of the page which says the domain is for sale. I just hate that they can suck unsuspecting people into parting with their money, and jeopardising their computer security.

April 26, 2011, Mezaial says:

Just thought I'd let you know these scumbags are alive and well (unfortunately) and currently working the UK.

I have already created a detailed post about my interactions with them earlier today at whocallsme.com.

If anyone's really interested in how I managed to annoy them they can check out my post at http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/01611569823

Just look for the post by 'Mezaial', you cant miss it, it's massive.

April 30, 2011, Tom Larsen says:

So a friend of mine received a call like this...

Out of interest, has anyone been given a website address to visit by these scammers? It would be a good idea to run a trace. http://www.irssupport.net, which someone mentioned earlier, is down.

May 4, 2011, Carol says:

Same story here and the web address they gave me was onlinerepairworld.com...this indian lady was pushy and insistent and when I put my tech savvy son on, she was quick to hang up!

May 4, 2011, Felex says:

I just received call from "Dave" from Int. Routing Sys.trying to get me to cooperate with him and do what he was asking me to do...as he was talking I did a search and found this page. I mentioned he was trying to hack into my computer and he said no just trying to help. 'Trust me,' he says, I laughed. He was getting upset with me as I was asking all kinds of questions; about his company and him & how would he know if my computer wasn't on, and me telling him he just wants to hack into it if I did press the buttons etc..When I mentioned hacking he says I didn't know how (guess he misunderstood me as he asked me How..) That's when I told 'Dave' to go fly....! Put a smile on my face as I stopped him in his tracks. Darn, he hung up on me. Cheers,and be careful out there. :)

May 5, 2011, L says:

I'm in UK, Indian guy called Justin Caro called me from online pc solutions, spouting the same rubbish about 'international routing system' noticing that my PC was creating a lot of traffic and they were working for Microsoft to help me. I was highly suspicious, but even more so as my laptop crashed yesterday and was worried about a virus. No idea how they got my phone number, address and surname - but he said it was linked to my int.rou.number - obviously lies - I told him he was trying to scam me, and read out what was on the website (this business is closed, DO NOT accept calls from them) but he just laughed it off and told me that I was a bad person for calling other people spammers - 'how do it think it makes them feel?' he said. I just hung up.

What horrible people. Anyone know who to report this to in the UK?

May 7, 2011, Deryck says:

7 May 2011 Internatonal Routing Dept called - a guy with a heavy Indian accent asking me to go through and check my "infections" and to save my PC - hence found this page whilst I was on the call with him. I put the phone down on him and the cheeky bugger phone straight back !

May 9, 2011, Toni says:

They are now calling California. I just received a call from a man with an Indian accent. He said he was from "World Routing System" and worked with Microsoft. Same stuff...he stated he had received several error messages from Microsoft and my computer would crash at any moment. I continued to ask him how he got my info...while I looked up the name of his company. Thank you for the previous posts.

May 13, 2011, Christine says:

just got called today, this is the second time, again funny timing, I have been sending error messages to Microsoft, once I saw it was share remote access told him to go away - how do they get our info?? I am in Dublin, Ireland - they gave me same uk number as others have got, tried to to phone back but engaged all the time

May 18, 2011, Margaret Teggart says:

Was nearly duped today! Call from Kenneth with a strong Indian accent. He gained access to my computer however I was unaware of it at the time. I did become suspicious when asked for my paypal account information. I told him I would need to speak with my family first and he said he'd call back. Thought I was rid of him, but sure enough he called back. He got my daughter this time who played dumb, gathered all the information she could and then gave him an earful down the phone!!! The website address they're punting their scam from is http://www.iglobals.net/
Again, like other 'victims', I am now worried about what the implications are of allowing them access to my computer. I'm 73 years of age and hadn't ever heard of someone gaining remote access to a computer!

May 18, 2011, jaana says:

Comment from India - see below

Ha hahahhahhahhahaha
No one is foolish enough to spend a lot of money making an international call to dupe you. I mean I can go ahead and make a lot of friend from a social networking site and provide people with a phishing virus link and get all your information if I want. And dupe you of your hard earned money..... And within a day I deactivate my account. NOW WHAT CAN YOU DO AFTER THAT?
YOU WILL SIT AT THE CORNER OF YOUR HOME SCRATCHING YOUR HEAD..
HAHAHHAHAHAHHA
HAHHAHHA
 
THE ONLY INFO YOU HAVE ?
MY COUNTRY.
 
I AM A DECENT INDIAN AND I WOULD NEVER DO THAT.
THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE HOW I COULD GO AHEAD.
 
NOW I TELL YOU DONT BLAME US IF YOU DONT KNOW WHO YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
 
JAI HIND

May 29, 2011, Suzannah says:

They just called Ontario, Canada yesterday evening. My father answered the phone (although he thought the person had an Asian accent). He heard the same spiel described by everyone above, i.e. International Router Association calling about his computer being infected with a virus, can he go and sit in front of the computer and do xyz. But I've trained my father enough on computers and modern day scams to not fall for this, so he instantly said 'This is a scam and I'm notifying the police' and then hung up :) Lol. A good rule of thumb: when in doubt, hang up immediately, independently look up the telephone number of the company in question (in this case Microsoft), and then call them and verify. Big companies like this more or less never call consumers. . about anything. And if it has something to do with your computer, home security or banking, always double check! Cheers.

June 3, 2011, liz says:

I got hassled in the 'deepfarsouth' of Tasmania a week or so ago, wanting my details and telling me my computer was about to crash. He was opening and closing my files, without me being anywhere near the mouse. Outfit is called 'Online Repair World'. Can anyone comment please.

June 6, 2011, Myke Gonzalese says:

Even these callers asks to open the internet browser with MAC and tries to show some problems which I even cannot understand being a computer engineer. They 'r I think specially trained callers but not the technicians.

June 14, 2011, von says:

yep same as had lots of calls telling me micro soft will shut my little lap top down if i dont give him imformation from it. as it is causing big
international routing problems. tasmania australia.

June 14, 2011, Bruce says:

well I am glad I felt a scam and told him because I had the information on how to get 100 Miles per gallon and the oil companies were probably attacking me and he had me going and went to teche4pc site until he wanted to download and exe file and I told him no fn way I was downloading an exe file then he shuffeled me to the manager who insisted it was fine and was going to give me his micro soft number and all reassurances but I stated that only after I talked to my tech was anything going to happen and then I thought to search it out and brought me here so
thank you Theo Gray
if any air breathers out there care check out www.himacresearch.com or www.byronwine.com or www.fuelvapors.com

June 20, 2011, Cc 1991 says:

haha just got a call from an indian guy saying the same thing but trying to get me to install a programme from a site called ammyy.com. He kept asking me 'what do you see?' and i lied and said nothing was coming up and told him i couldn't talk right now and to call later. Definitely won't be answering the phone for a while now, ha. Sounded dodgy from the start. Even worse he asked me what age i was and i said 19 to which he replied, oh reali you look alot younger!:O Creepy.

June 23, 2011, John J says:

Try calling 1-847-531-9241 and tell them you are from the FCC and that you have been receiving complaints and legal action is being taken.

June 27, 2011, makysha says:

John thats the same number I was given. I got a simialr call about a Global Networking system. Microssoft would not call my house. Besides when i got the computer I did not have that number. I hung up, and the guy called back, He was very vague answering questions. WHen I hung up the second time he never called back.

June 30, 2011, Dave says:

Just had the same call - in Brisbane 3:30pm!! Pretty funny - said my computer was infected with a virus that was sending error messages to the "international Routing System" and he wanted to help me fix it.
I asked him how he got my ph number and he said from when I bought my computer and registered Windows - FAIL - I only own Macs and no windows products!! Called him a liar and hung up :)

July 4, 2011, John says:

They are still at it on July 4 and had the usual blurb. I Googled the details whilst i answered the questions - lo and behold - SCAM
We Aussies must be a gullible lot otherwise they wouldn't be getting these calls
Lets help educate those who are not so tech savvy so as we can get rid of these pests

July 7, 2011, Trevor says:

Had the 'standard' call from 'Microsoft' today. It was quite funny, he was really struggling to convince me he was legitimate! He gave me a serial number for my PC which was wrong! and did not know what OS I was running, did not know IP or MAC address. He gave me a Sydney number (02 9037 2906) to authenticate the caller. So kept him waiting for a while while I made a cup of tea while I was pretending to call the Sydney number.
I have called the Sydney number back several times now (my number is a VoIP number so number is always withheld) and have given them some very loud music over the phone! They have now got fed up answering the number and have made it permanently engaged!!! ;-)

July 11, 2011, Vanessa says:

Hi everyone,
I can't believe this scam is still going, I think they call me at least twice a week, I've tried hanging up, swearing, telling them I know that they're a scam...it died off for a couple of months and I thought that was the end of it, until a female indian called me tonight. I kept stalling about why I didn't need her to 'help fix my computer' so she kept repeating the same things over and over, and then she said 'maam do you want me to SAVE your computer or not?' Then eventually she hung up. After reading a lot of these comments I am going to go nuts at them next time they call me!

July 12, 2011, Melissa says:

Perth-Australia
Thanks for info everyone. Yes, had all of the above happen...too many times. Every night at about 7pm for about 2 months at last address. Just moved house 4 weeks ago and got a silent number to stop all of this and they STILL found me! What the hell is going on??
Not only have they called and called, I have been threatened when I have asked too many questions of them. One Indian guy had both my name and my husbands names. He told me he was going to "find out where I lived and..." I had to hang up before I got really upset. I'd like to "find out where HE lives" and give him a good bollicking. I'm not even on the electoral role. Anyone got a clue?
Thanks

July 12, 2011, Dude says:

Sydney here, Same happened to my mate but this Indian guy left the number for my mate to call back. He is the number 02 8518 1263. I have been ringing them many times and waste their time to the stage they had to hang up LOL.

so if you're in OZ ring that number and annoy the shit out of them lol

July 24, 2011, Bruce says:

Thanks very much for your original post and continuing to host comments from other individuals similarly affected by this epidemic.
I am getting an average of one to two calls a week despite being on the Australian 'Do Not Call' register. The script is always the same and the phrase 'International Routing Server' is about where my patience runs out.
I have more than a passing understanding of PCs, networking, and the Internet, and have worked in tech support.
Once the Scammers catch wind of that, they hang up very quickly.
I'm sorry to see how much money people have lost to these low life thieves, and I hope that there will be some way to bring the perpetrators to account for their crimes.

July 29, 2011, Deb says:

They have been called me today wanting to gain access to my computer using ammyy.com. I refused to give them access to my computer so he finally started to explain what I had to do to find the "problems" my computer was having. I got bored of the bs & finally revealed that I was a computer tech. It's amazing how fast he hung up. We need to spread the word so others don't get taken in. Under no circumstances allow someone remote access to your computer!!!

August 3, 2011, I. Harriott says:

I live just east of Toronto in Canada. A guy with an Indian accent called me again. The first time he called I hung up because I thought he was trying to sell me something.

He called back again, and because I was having some issues with my computer I followed his instructions to a website. It was a website that dealt with giving remote access of your computer to someone else.

I hung up at that point. I googled to see if this was actually legit.

Warning flags were going off in my head. Why would microsoft contact me? I'm not related to Bill Gates. Anything that needs to be done should be done through updates.

These criminals should be arrested, expelled and starved.

August 4, 2011, Mark says:

I work for a very, very large computer manufacturer/I.T. support division, and we get regular calls in from end users who have taken these calls. Some of the agents have also personally taken these calls at their personal residences...it's astounding how these people operate.
What gets me is large corporations do not actually call out random people and seek to log into their machines. It's all about warranty - its profoundly cost prohibitive to just to engage in calling people, so 99.99% of all support departments worldwide will be 'inbound' call centres, not 'outbound'. Software and Hardware manufacturers wait for end users to call them, not the other way around. Additionally, as a lot of I.T. support is based on remote log-in procedures, these people really give us a bad name.
The best advice I can give is to explain to them that you have paid for remote support already with another company, and they will treat any technical problems accordingly and that you do not require their service.
That usually puts them off as they realise there is no money in the pot for them.
Hope this helps.

August 12, 2011, Nicki says:

I've received 3 of these calls in the last 24 hours, all from an man with an Indian accent. The first (yesterday, on my voicemail) was indecipherable, the 2 calls today were I think from the same man. In the first call I kept asking what company he was from and where he'd got my details - he said he was from ACME Vision Electronics and I laughed and said that from my memories of Looney Tunes ACME wasn't generally the name of a company to trust! The second phone call was of a more threatening tone, so I responded in the same way and told them not to ring anymore and that it was none of their business whether or not I had a computer. One thing that disturbs me so - it may have just been coincidence, but they claimed to be from Liverpool UK - I've lived abroad for 10 years, but lived there until I was 30, and my family live there and I have a bank account with a bank in Liverpool - does anyone know if I need to tighten up my email or banking security? any advice is appreciated...

August 16, 2011, John says:

I got one of these calls yesterday. They said they were calling from Micro PC Soft, and had information from International Routing Systems that the computer was infected with many viruses.

They didn't know which computer, couldn't give me the IP address they were saying they had and denied being a scam. These idiots need to be locked up...

August 18, 2011, James says:

Just discovered this run of comments; had the very same call from an Indian chap (I live in Canada) last evening, so the outfit is going strong. I asked for a call back number, haven't tried to use it yet, sounds like a load of BS. Cheers,James

August 20, 2011, Beverly says:

Hi Theo and all others! Yes I have also just recieved a phone call, first a female who led me to the log summary in event viewer, where I could see the history of warnings and error reports. Then Jamal /Jason came on the line to help me `fix` these issues. He obviously could not answer any of my questions, so I politely put down the phone, looked up International Routing Service - and HEY PRESTO!!

August 22, 2011, Anon says:

Had the same call today. Said my computer was infected and to turn it on so she could show me what was wrong. Woman had a very strong Indian accent, hard to understand, call display showed up as 999-910-0238

August 24, 2011, Tim says:

The Indian guy just called me too- Trying to do the same thing Aug 24 2011. I asked him for a call back number and googled the 'International Routing System' while I was on the phone with him and saw it was a scam so the number he gave me to call back was; 647-9311-746 (trying to tell me its a 10 digit number) HAh Someone should hack this Basterd
OH yea and he said his name was 'Mark William' (But he was wicked Indian ahahaha)

August 25, 2011, Joanne says:

I got another two phone calls again today. I played along for the 1st caller and said that I had sent the cash as they had requested the other day. (I hadn't). The Indian said good all you need to do is now pay another $200 to complete the set up charge for the life time support. I told him I couldn't afford any more money and low and behold he hung up.

The second phone call I swore at him and hung up. I really hope that they don't call again but I have a feeling they will.

I have spoken to quite a few people about the growing problem, it's quite widespread here in Saskatchewan at the moment.

August 26, 2011, cc says:

Just got this call. What a scam. Somehow he knew I had Windows 7, but only on one computer, and I haven't even turned it on in 5 days. As soon as I said that, he hung up. I asked for his number, and he gave 760-429-2887,which never connects nor rings to anything. Said he was from "Windows". Idiots.

September 2, 2011, Indian Death says:

09/01/2011 - similar scam caller.

Indian named Brad, representing Microsoft. The "Global Routing System" yada yada, broadcasting traffic, yada yada.

TOTAL SCAM. Ringing CO residents from (comcast *69) 052147252

September 8, 2011, Nicole says:

This scam is still going strong! I'm in Canada. Caller said he was responding to error reports I'd made to Microsoft. He had me look at some windows logs on my computer and said they showed I had many viruses on my computer and that my computer was liable to crash at any moment. I expressed scepticism about the veracity of his claims and he said to go to teche4pc.com. Instead I googled teche4pc and found this article and another one claiming it was a scam. I told him so and of course he denied it. I said if it's true you can email me about it, I'm hanging up now. He says he doesn't have my email address! Says he has my name and phone number and computer ID number all everything else but no email. So I give him the email I use for junk, on the off chance he's legit. What bull, though!

September 16, 2011, George F. Wreford says:

I told the lady I knew she was a scammer and she replied she was not a beggar and didn't want my credit card details. I said "Why are you ringing me up then?" but the line went dead. These activities achieved headlines in our local paper (Windsor Express).

September 19, 2011, Kira says:

Same story - I got angry at the guy because he wouldn't give me his manager, couldn't give a phone number and couldn't even tell me what kind of computer I had or operating system. Very agitating.

September 20, 2011, Dennis says:

Almost forgot. I called the # and got a recording from the FTC advising of the phishing scam.

September 21, 2011, Ayesha says:

I got a call right now... From the so called ELITE IT company... LMAO...Internation Routers... I have received atleast 10-15 calls in past several months. Usually I just ask them to shut up and hang up. Today, this so called smart ass lady named Nancy...claimed she is super shot engineer and with her screwed up broken english tried to sell some silly product. When I asked her how she got my contact details... Her answer was IP Address..I couldnt stop laughing... I asked her to shut up...and told her i have caller id and if i ever recieve a call from her...I will file an official complaint with NZ Police... LOL And she hung up... with a big THUD.... LOL Hilarious. I am surprised that this scam is still on and the dimwits still keep calling the same people... idiots !!!

September 27, 2011, Rose says:

Just got a call from a fellow with an Indian accent that said he was from the International Routing system and that my computer was infected with a virus and that they could help me out with cleaning it up. I thought to myself "what kind of scam is this guy trying to pull off". I just got my computer cleaned, de-virused and an antivirus software put on my computer less than 24 hours ago. So I asked him how he knew that I had a virus on my computer and he said through the Microsoft and the International Routing System. And he tried to explain to me what this was and I told he was full of it because I had just got my computer cleaned and new antivirus installed. I just hung up. Thought I would research it on the net and found this link. Thanks for posting this scam.

September 29, 2011, Wes says:

Same scam here in Canada today.
I wan't fooled and hung-up. She was very persistant.
thanks for this web site!

September 30, 2011, Matthias says:

Got a call from the Gentleman today (here in Switzerland).

September 30, 2011, Gigi says:

Same here.
Suspicious from beginning.They were not able to answer specific questions finally they tried to say we were downloading virus' and illegal software! I asked on which computer, they said microsoft...I said, Wrong! I am reporting you.
called from 999-910-0238 said Techie4PC and International routing system. Call back number given was 1-631-456-4455. I have called family and friends to warn about this scam. THANK YOU!

October 11, 2011, NotAsleep says:

Similar story to above. Reached me in San Francisco, CA 10 am Oct. 11 2011. Nice Indian sounding chap who said his name is Dennis Foster. Wanted me to go to www.AMMYY.com and run MEadmin.exe. Gave call back numbers 1-847-537-9241 and 1-510-962-4561. Got to wonder how something this big can continue for so long.

October 12, 2011, Vlad says:

Just had an identical call. SCAM!!!!!!

October 16, 2011, Meg says:

In Ontario, 6th call in a week. I kept them on the phone to get as much info as possible. One guy got so aggressive, he was shouting obscenities at me. I had other people over and they took over the phone and he went on and on. We'd hang up, he'd call back. After the 6th call, I phoned the police and while on the phone with them he proceeded to fill up my voice mail. Terrifying. Now I run a trace on the call - in Ontario *57. After 5 calls, you can open a police complaint. Awful scam.

October 17, 2011, Han Solo says:

Could you believe this...I just got a call from IRS...in Germany. Pure luck that I am half South African, but bad luck for them I am too German not to be suspicious :-). Internet Crime has gone glocal.

October 25, 2011, Jenny says:

Still at it as October 24, 2011. I was at home, just up from a nap and they called on my mobile phone. Same spiel.
But I didn't quite catch quickly enough. I had a small amount in paypal and noticed that it was for a person named Gupta. They had begun to "fix" my computer, but I had closed the session about 5 minutes in. I immediately contacted security on paypal. If they had called one hour later, I would have been fully awake. I did not give any cc info out. Contacted my bank to give the heads up.
Checked the log and it only noted that either something was corrupt on the local computer or terminated. Gupta was noted in the log. I don't think they succeeded becauseI kept receieving frantic calls from "Jason in tech support." I couldn't believe I was so stupid. As I said, I wasn't fully functioning and connecting the dots.
A few weeks ago, there was something going on that would generate a CAPTCHa from Google and some message about me generating a lot of Internet activity. Which is impossible. Others received the same info. This was linked to my gmail account.
Jenny

October 26, 2011, Robert LaFortune says:

Canada, got the call 2 days ago from 999-910-0103. Windows....ltsof background noise so I knew, it was fishy. Stated my pc was sending virus code to Microsoft's servers. Yeah right. When she asked me to turn on my computer, I hung up....it was on as I was speaking.

November 1, 2011, Dany says:

Just got the 2nd phone call. Telling me that I am "at high risk of losing my computer". Both times, I took down the number and said I would call them back. Is there any way to stop these phone calls?

November 15, 2011, Michael says:

Got a call about few days ago. Not knowing about this scam, so i did what she told me to do ( alredy thinking microsoft doesnt call you 4 a problem you call them XD) so she told me to press windows key + r and type in eventvwr. And she told me all the error i saw was making my pc slow and giving me windown error blue screen so i went along with it. And when she asked me to download this 1 program cant remember now like tiemviewer. I PUT ON THE BRAKES gave my one friend a call. And told him about this he sayd he searched goodle and saw it was a scam so WE decided to mess with them XD i cept her on the phone for atleast 15 min telling her im on dial up and my internet is slow so its gona take a while when we figured out how to mess with them i sayd hello and a guy was talking just a i was talking crap he say ok now listen carefull this is what you need to do BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP !!!

November 26, 2011, Dave Twigg says:

He called today in Kingston, Ontario Canada, from 1-630-859-9364 claiming to be from Microsoft35. He had my name, address and phone number (easy to get) but I did not get far enough to find out if he had my IP address (that would make me nervous!). Didn't bother to tell him that Microsoft would not take the time or make the effort to call me, no matter what problems I had, so long as I keep using their products. He kept putting me on hold and I finally got tired of trying to get more info from him and hung up. From this thread it looks like no one (police, banks & credit card companies, etc) is trying to do anything to stop them. If you have time make up a 'form' complaint and copy and paste it into as many scam complaint sites you can find - FBI, RCMP, Australian equivalent, local police fraud squad, bank and credit card complaint sections, etc. Claim that they were hacking your computer and asking for credit card info. Maybe someone will finally try to stop them!

December 7, 2011, Ian says:

yep, me too, same scammers keep phoning from an undisclosed INTERNATIONAL number.

Today I said, "sorry, we know all about this scam."

The scammer replied in a heavy indian accent, "oh don't say 'SCAM' ...you dirty f*cking b*rstard!"

I swore back and hung up. (mistake)

10 minutes later another international call, this time an Indian accented female, who started screaming at me, I simply hung up.

15 minutes later another international call so I left it to answering machine. An indian accented man left an foul and abusive message and saying he will phone me "day by day" and "f you" and "f your mother" etc.

Unbelievable!

Going to get the number changed and in future we will simply leave ALL international calls to the answer machine.

Don't think scammers will bother with first-time answering machines?

Welcome callers will leave message and we can even pick up when they start bto speak if it's someone we know.

December 13, 2011, Jules says:

I kept getting these calls and found this forum, so they just called again and said about my computer and that they're from microsoft blah blah, I said "comp....pu...puter...? No I'm sorry I don't know that word, hang on let me get my dictionary.... *waits*..... oh yes I see, one of these new fangled things....ah, how modern!" they hung up! Sense of humour bypass methinks. W***ers, can't believe they've been going this long though.

December 22, 2011, Peter says:

he is still out there. Told me he was calling about my computer that was connected to the international routing server. Said he would help me get it fixed. I asked if it was showing now, he oh yes, told him that was very interesting since it was not even on. I asked him just how stupid he thought I was and how many innocent people he tried to scam today, he babbeld on and I told him gotcha you bastard dont ever call me again trying to steal my data. He hung up ...

January 3, 2012, Kyla says:

I just received a similar call. The man with a heavy Indian accent told me he was calling from Virtual Global Solutions and that my computer had been sending error messages to the international routing system. He wanted me to sit down in front of it and let him walk me through how to fix it. I requested to speak to a manager and got put on the phone with a "Kevin Richards". He said that my computer was infected with malware but wouldn't give me any other details. I requested a call back number and after we hung up I tried calling it only to hear a "you have no balance remaining" automated message. How'd these bastards get my number?

January 9, 2012, Theresa says:

Hello all, I have been receiving calls from this/these groups of people for weeks now. I never give them any information I just listen to them tell me their plot line and then I respond with many different things.
1.) Holy smokes you guys are so good you are letting me know my computer is infected and they respond yes and then I say well this will be an easy fix and they say yes and I say I know I am just going to take this computer back to the store to which they say oh there is no need we can help you fix it and I say but why fix something that is still in the box. CLICK.
2.) Hello you have reach (name) at Microsofts technical support and we realize that you are phoning to let us know that our computer is infected but guess what I actually run a MAC. CLICK

Hopefully someday these calls will stop but in the meantime I will play my games with them.

January 25, 2012, shad budda says:

he has called me 8 times since 1/1/12 and though I singed his ears the first 5 times on the 6th I played with him, I told him my computer was a TRS 80 but it was in the basement. Then I asked him how I could plug it into the modem if he was on the phone with me. When I asked how a computer which was not on and not connected to the internet could be causing all these problems he told me I never logged out properly when I visited those illegal download sites and Microsoft asked him to fix that for me. At this point I blastred him making any sailors within a mile blush. And hung up. 20 minutes later i got another call and he started like nothing happened (same guy, same name), I blasted again told him I would find him. I hung up, He called back immediately to tell me to stop using bad words!! 192159.10 is the number on caller ID. Any ideas on how to track and crack this scammer?

February 9, 2012, Florinos says:

Just got a phone call from them and started to play along...
I.G. Push the start button
Me . I see no start button
I.G. In the left corner of you screen.
Me. repeating start...start...start...i see no start button
I.g On your keyboard...push window key
me...window ? i only have one window and it's closed at the time do you want me to open it...?

After a while i got too frustrated and let him have it...
A bunch of low life pakis....

March 1, 2012, John says:

I have been receiving missed calls from Seattle Wa. for nearly 3 weeks until 2 nights ago. The caller had my name and choice of operating system. I prompted him very harshly for what he wanted, after a couple of minutes he said F*** Y** and hung up on me. Thought I had got rid of them.....wrong. Tonite i received another call so I played along all the way upto typing a command into the cmd prompt of my computer. he got mad and hung up on me again. also I had him on line for over 15 minutes questioning him about who he is working for and why he is calling me.

March 2, 2012, J.B.Kennedy says:

I too received a call ('international' in my handset display) from man with a strong asian accent who was difficult to understand, he gave me the 'spiel' and I pressed the flag key and the R key but then he said he could not continue and would call me back another day.
Now a couple of days prior to him calling and because my PC has been running very slowly and freezing recently, I paid for and installed a programme from 'PC-Speed-up' who advertise on SKY. So when he first called I was interested because I know my system needs a clean up, but with him cutting his call short I have had time to ask about 'him' and found this forum. He called again today and I told him to go fourth and multiply. Does anyone think there could be a link from him to PC Speed-up ?
Incidentally my PC system is no better for installing the 'Speed-Up' programme.

March 11, 2012, Cindy says:

Hello from Canada.I received call today March 10th 2012. A male with Indian accent wanting computer info. Gave me several instructions on where to go on my computer. He wanted to KNOW or "verify" certain numbers to protect my computer from crashing. I told him the only time my computer crashes is when I drop it down the stairs. He asked me If I was "joking him" I said no. He then turned nasty and said he hoped I would crash and called me a f%&*Bast&*d. Be careful folks! Sincerely Cindy from Canada

March 12, 2012, ron jackson says:

they try to scam me but they work in my computer and working very good i am very happy...

March 29, 2012, CanadianGal says:

Yes, he is alive and well. Received a call from him today... and probably once a week for the last 6 months. Always given him the same response, I'm not interested, please put me on your 'Do not call list' (which is a strict law in Canada). Today, I finally turned nasty and asked for a supervisor... So Jim and Peter... and Don or whatever other Canadian name he choses, was very obviously from the middle east and has multiple personalities. When things started going sour, he got nasty and ended by 'I'm hacking into your computer right now and getting all your banking information'. Obviously, he knew nothing of my computer as I shut down their call each and everytime... but he wasn't very nice about it. Looks like it's us Canadians now... not just Australia. This guy gets around!

April 2, 2012, JIMMY says:

Just happened to my wife. Do not be dumb and give these dolts any information.

April 5, 2012, Cam says:

Yes the group is alive and well...unfortunately I was caught at a moment of weakness...ligitimate computer problems and let the guy in. They left my computer totally N/S. At that point I realized it was a scam and proceded to cover all banking info. He (Tom) had the gaul to call back the next day to see if all was ok!!! Also I received a call from 'Mary' in California with ' GLOBAL TECH SUPPORT INC., which had issued a receipt, asking if all was ok. She offered to refund fee if I sent email. Tom also called back offering to continue to fix computer problem and was undeterred by my insistance that he was operation a scam! He called back 3 times!

April 14, 2012, lou says:

Unreal... same crap was said, # from seattle WA, international routing system, blah blah blah. I had the mind to grab my wife's smartphone and googled "IRS computer system calls" and this blog came up... i started to tell him (the indian dude) what i was reading and he eventually hung up without prophane language. Thank you to everyone that has posted!!! Now im returning the favor.

May 2, 2012, Ann says:

Just got a call from "Mike" with very strong indian accent telling me I've got huge problems with my computer. Seems there are some serious malware being sent to my computer and that his company can fix. He tells me there are some really clever web people out there. I hung up, end of. Nobody scams me!

May 10, 2012, Barbara McKay says:

I had a phone call tonight at 5pm Queensland time. A woman with an accent spoke first and then a man who said his name was Richard Smith. Both had accents and Richard said he was an engineer level 5 35. He knew a lot about the seven important aspects of the computer. I was tired but because they said they were from Microsoft technical support, and my daughter had left the PC on, I became hooked.
The man told me all about the viruses and infection in the PC, highlighting them for me. They gave me the 6 digit number and I accepted. Then they wanted money. I was a little suspicious and expressed my concern about trusting total strangers.
My phone number is silent, so I don't know how they got my number.

My husband was too busy and tried to tell me to get off the phone. He was also trying to get a rest. I stayed on the phone thinking I was getting very genuine advice.

Then they talked about payment..one year or four years..life time technical support. I very wisely said ...I want to ring a friend..they said ..."eave your computer on..it will only take an hour". . My IT friend said " turn off your computer immediately. It is a scam"

I turned it off and now I am too scared to turn it on again!
This situation made me feel a complete and vulnerable fool.ninth man called Richard Smith was very convincing, expressing incredibly serious concern about the infection and viruses that played my PC ...in the hundreds and thousands. I tried to pretend I understood...apparently, they must go to different towns..this is the locker valley..I understand they were in the Toowoomba area earlier this year.

Fancy wasting almost 90 mins. Talking to a criminal.

May 14, 2012, DH says:

I'm up in Canada.
Just got off the phone with 'James' said he was calling from the 'Windows Services Center' and that my PC was downloading junk onto the net. Wanted me to goto teche4pc.com (or tech4pc.com), hard to tell with that Indian accent.
tried to get his phone# (wouldn't give it). Asked how he got my number (couldn't/wouldn't tell).
Informed him I am MCITP (he had not clue what that means).
Told him to stop committing fraud and hung-up.

May 17, 2012, Pauline says:

I'm afraid I'm one of the suckers that has been scammed by these people, they wear you down. Going on and on about corrupt files/software, how they can clean up your computer saying they are Microsoft Engineers?. I have just put a stop on the payment, however they have had access to all of my information on my Computer?

May 22, 2012, Liz says:

I just got off the phone with this dolt. My first question was - how did you get my number? He kept avoiding that - Just kept on repeating how my computer was spewing out corrupt files to the international bla bedy bla... I too heard all the back ground noise sounds like a room full of about 30 Indians all talking at the same time.

I hate scammers - thanks for the site... I will FB it to warn my friends :)

June 4, 2012, Warren says:

How did they get our phone number to call us? Do they dial random into the world?

The same voice called me today, on my Mom's telephone line. She has Altzheimers and does not own a computer. So I told him to get lost.

June 15, 2012, Vanessa says:

I too received a call today (06/14/12) at 2:04pm EST from a foreign guy named Chris who said that he was from Microsoft to alert me that my Computer has a "Virus". I questioned him about the complete name of his company and he said, "Microsoft 35 Tech Department". I asked him whether he was calling within the United States and then he hesitated for a while, so I asked him what City and State that he was calling from and he said Washington, DC (his accent sounded like he was from India). I asked him next to give me his company's address and he gave me a street name that is not even located in the DC area. I can tell that I was frustrasting him with my questions. So, he hurried and said, I need your Computer's address so that he could assit me with the Virus (which I was not about to give him) I attempted to ask him another question as to how he got my home telephone number, then he hung-up on me! By the way, my Computer does not even have a so called "Virus". People, please beware of Scammers of this nature trying to hack into your Computers and steal your information! Do, like I did and ask them 100 Questions as to the nature of their call (it frustrates the you know what out of them :)

June 22, 2012, Erik says:

Got a call from a the "Technical Department" (presented without company name) to me in Sweden, concerning the presence of malware in my computer. He first "convinced" me that we are talking about the same machine by reading aloud the zfsendtotarget number from the command line 'assoc', which was indeed correct. (Note: the same number shows up in the older computer next to it)
Then he asked me to open 'eventvwr' which also seemed ok. Asked me to look for red circles in the Windows program log. I confirmed the existence of red circles as well as yellow triangles, after which he put me through to a technician to help me solve my problem.
The new guy wanted me to run www.logmein123.com from the run menu, and at this point I had to start asking questions about why he would take over my computer and what exactly was the name of the company behind the "Technical department". He didn't hang up yet. He actually was willing to give me the company name, TechE4PC, allegedly taking care of parts of Microsoft's customer support, since MS do not have time to place calls to all customers. After I had convinced the guy that I really didn't want to let him take over control of my computer because I thought it was phishy, finally he hung up.

August 9, 2012, Richard Milne says:

They're still at it - but from three angles: (1) Telephone call. Adam from India claims he's based in London: 'Teche4PC is closing down and we are Western Union UK who want to give back the $200 (£120) you paid to T4 in March 2012.' Teche4's own website says it does not accept payment from WU. Phone down. (2) Apparently they're still in business because a phone call from another Indian caller saying he's based in London - with an English name - tells me 'We have reason to believe your computer has been affected and we are the support team you paid for to put it right. Please turn on your computer.' Meaning give them remote access - and more money?
(3) Indian again - English name - 'Your cover has run out and you need to renew' (after six months?)
All calls, I suspect, from the same room/Indian call centre.
It's a scam, all right and the calls are now coming several times a week.
Just hang up - as I should have done.

August 14, 2012, Robert Andrews says:

Yes they are still at it; we got a return phone number from them, (209) 676-4447. They phoned three times, played dumb like one of the previous posters, until they clued in. They also went by the name ZANEKIBRIYA007.

August 20, 2012, Vince says:

best thing for this international routing server is to upload a virus of your own and have it accept your upload prior to your machine accepting theirs and after your virus completes, cut connection...that would be great, screw up their entire phone system... :-)

September 8, 2012, ChefKthy says:

I was at home and got a call from an out of area call. Man with india acscent said he was call from the international rounting system. That he was a helpdesk for PC. His name was Austin and he was calling from Wilmington Deleware. I played along with him after I quickly closed everything and shut my computer down. He wanted me to go to a www.ammyy.com I played along. He gave me a telephone #. I pretended I lost hime then called the #. you could tell it was a cell #. He called me back. When I expressed my curiosity that no one from such a big company would answer a phone he said I must mave called the wrong #. Later on I called it again and a guy answered it. Then about 10 minutes later a female called the house saying she was with the company and to call if I wanted them to help me.I got the city, the telephone #. the site he wanted me to go to. All that info and I can't stop this_____ from doing this to someone else that is eldely or is too young to know better. i am SO mad kat

September 19, 2012, Tenzing says:

Lmfao I was sleeping and this indian dude calls me..abt error report being send to microsoft as far as i know my pc is clean and nothing of that sort is happening. He tries to tell me what to do then I just tell him I will just reformat my pc if needed. He goes but blah blah error report again got tired of it and told him I will just disable the automatic error report lol then i check google i see this hahaha man going for 2 years epic how cna this guy be doing it still?

September 29, 2012, Richard Masey says:

Australia. Adelaide.
I have been called by these scammers several times a week over the last few months. The first time I was a little shaken because it was so plausible. I didn't let them take control of my computer though so was safe.
Now if I am busy, I just hang up but if I have some time to spare, I pretend to go for it.
After the usual spiel, I quiz them to validate their credentials, (they have answers for everything & tell lots of lies.)
During this process I note their tone of voice as they become frustrated with my dumbness, I then interrupt their spiel & ask them(with a very pleasant manner) if they have had a bad day because they don't sound very happy, then I ask if they are getting enough sleep.
Ignoring what they say in reply I ask if their conscience is bothering them as the bad Karma of telling so many lies & trying to cheat people is most likely making them very sick & that they should see a Dr. ASAP before they drop dead & are reincarnated as an insect.
This usually totally throws them & before they have time to finish protesting, I hit them with the punch line :-
I know you are an evil cheating bastard because I don't own a computer, I have an android tablet & everything you have told me is absolute garbage.

If you have thin skin hang up because the above usually invokes a tirade of abuse that reveals the true nature of these idiots.
If you are thick skinned then have a good laugh at the person going nuts!

So if you have the time to waste, go for it, play dumb, make them repeat every thing over & over until they lose it. The longer you keep them, the less chance they have to scam some one else.

In summary there is no such thing as the IRS so that is lie no1.
Your computer does not send out error messages apart from software crashes that get sent to Microsoft if you have Error reporting enabled.
The event log that they get you to look at always has errors & warnings even on a computer that has never connected to the internet.
This is normal & nothing to worry about.
Do not let them persuade you to connect to any website or run a program to control your computer.
They will trash your computer & steal your private info.

Thanks to the author of this blog for helping so many avoid this scam. A true Hero.

October 3, 2012, Heather says:

Just got off a similar phone call about 10 minutes ago. Indian male calling up and telling me he was responding to the error reports my computer sent out due to a recent software installation. Just enough truth to catch my attention, as a recent update in an MMORPG I play was causing some odd crashes and I'd sent out a few error reports as a result.

I'm not really a computer person. But my best friend IS. Whenever I have a computer issue, he's the first one I call. So when this guy called up and started giving me the weirdest instructions (starting with press the flag key + R at the same time), I started asking questions.

"What is that going to do?" (I already knew)
"Why do you want me to do that?" ("I'm trying to help you fix the problem")
"Which problem?" ("The problem with your software"
"Which software?" ("The ones that keep sending out error reports.")
"Yes, you said that. But which software, specifically, are you trying to fix?" (Your antivirus software.)
"What antivirus software?" (The one interfering with Windows)

By this time, I'd not only texted my computer friend, I had him on Skype, listening to me talk to this guy. He was laughing his butt off in one ear, while the Indian man was getting frustrated with me in another.

"Ok, but specifically, which antivirus software?" (YOUR antivirus software)
"Yes, so you've said. Surely you KNOW which antivirus software I use, though, since it's apparently sending you error messages." (Ma'am, do you wish me to help you or not? Because I am trying to help you solve the errors in your software)
"And as soon as you tell me exactly which antivirus software programs you're wanting to fix, I will be more than happy to cooperate with you." (Nortan Antivirus)
"Um.... I don't HAVE Nortan Antivirus. You seem to have been misinformed by the error reporting system." (According to our error reports, Norton Antivirus is causing the problems with your computer software.)
"Ok, tell you what... I know I've never installed Norton on my computer. Now I'm going to let you talk to the man who built the computer and installed most of the software for me. HE'll tell you how he never installed Norton, either. While you're doing this, I'm going to be calling the authorities and reporting the number on my callerID...

... he hung up.

October 31, 2012, Helen says:

I get these guys every now and again on my ex-directory home number. I work for a software company and we only use macs, so I generally have a laugh with them, unless I'm busy. Usually I ask them for their name, the name of their company, to repeat everything, to spell it for me and then I say "Wait a minute while I get a pen". At this point they usually put the phone down.

November 6, 2012, Michael Young says:

Hi again
The following is particularly for Australians as I reside Iin Adelaide and this site is ".com.au"

Should be good general info for all for those that are interested. I located some interesting info at the following site

• Windows Event Viewer phishing scam remains active........
• Microsoft at a loss over Event Viewer scam....

Try these its a good read

Cheers
Mick

January 5, 2013, Charles says:

Today, 05 January 2013, had a phone call from a man named Sam with Indian English, trying to tell me he was from the Intrenational Routing Department and that I have infections on my computer and if I don't delete them the computer may crash. He told me to turn on the computer and he would help me with getting rid of the infectiones. Being very suspicious I said I don't have time right now. He said he is going to ring back tomorrow. Good luck, I will tell him to bugger off and hang up. I live in Ausrtralia.

January 21, 2013, Lucas Scheffold says:

I just called international IT helpdask.com in Bengal. A man was answering and first he told me that he did not know anything about the company but after a while he told me that he was the person. I told him the story and that i will contact the police. Then i answered "No wait, no problem, we will send the money back to you. I asked him "How, do you got my account information?" "No, but the transferring company still got it" he said" "It will just take 24 to 28 hours" Then the call was interrupted. The point is I never send them any money or gave them any account number. Quite interesting, is n't it?
Lucas Scheffold, Sweden

February 15, 2013, Rick says:

Called by "Ceylon Technical Support" today and yesterday. They said my computer was generating errors when applying errors from Microsoft. I asked where this is being reported and he said "Microsoft International Routing Server" (IRS). He gave me his number so I could call him back: 855-888-8158. I told him I would have to call Microsoft to verify his information before I could talk to him anymore. He went away until someone else called the next day about the same exact thing. GEEZ! I guess if I can keep them on the phone it's less other people they have time to call but my time is worth something to me. I'm sure they'll call tomorrow and I'll tell them that I called Microsoft and they said their company is a scam. We'll see what they say.

March 20, 2013, Victoria Riegel says:

I recently recieved a call from them. They claimed to be my office max support team, that i had just bought w/ my new laptop month ago! after finding that they we NOT I quickly ended the call & contacted office max & Toshiba & got my problem fixed! My concern is while thinking they were office max & allowing them into my computer could they have been hacking into it themselves? Stealing information? Is there anyway to make a formal complaint w/ possibilities of consequences to them? I am so freaked out that they & anyone else was in my computer & I have recently purchased a lot on a credit card & applied for credit cards on my computer. How do i check if any of that info was taken??

March 25, 2013, Soras says:

326-172-0000 Avoid it.

May 29, 2013, N says:

I just received a call from a "Private Number" (on caller ID) from a couple of different people who sounded of Indian descent telling me they were from Windows security team and that they've been receiving messages from my computer saying it's been hacked. They wanted me to Type the Windows key with the R key (for the Run window). Then they wanted to me type www.msn4u.tk. I have no idea what this is but wanted to warn other people (then I found this blog from the Window security site so I see it's happened to many.) I told the guy he was crazy if he thought I was actually going to do this. Then he told me to "shut up". Despicable but really stupid hacker people. It's disgusting that such people are in this world trying to hurt other people

July 1, 2013, Kiroshen Govender says:

Hi, I just got a call from these people today! Claiming they are a division of windows and even knew what operating system I'm running. This indian guy asked me to run eventsvwr and showed off a few errors and then asked me to run a website. But luckily my internet was disconnected. I asked how do I know they aren't going to be the 'threat' on my computer. The indian guy got a bit pissed so I quickly googled the company's name and found this blog. And he hung up! So thank you Theo Gray! :D

August 14, 2013, Michael Young says:

Just a quick follow up on the last post I made. They are now trying anything and everything to get at my machine. They are now targeting my wife. I've wiped the hard drive changed security software. I was using Microsoft security essentials and changed back to zone alarm. Killed the CC and am about to change the Ph number. Rang the Aussie FEDS and they are aware of the scam and unable to assist, but that was another scam I think these curry munchers are running.
Go here to see some of what's going on http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/693900.
Talk to your ISP they may be able to help. Another one now is to pose as an officer of the ATO and wanting to pay back some of your taxes . I had to laugh at that the federal Aust govt handing out cash ...yeah right our pollies are to busy filling their pockets to have time for their constituents! but this character wanted $299.00 first then the ATO would refund $4288 in a tax refund. HA! Had to go to the car park at Craigmore Shopping centre in Sth Aust then ring a Canberra number to let them know I was there. When I questioned him about what dept or office he was in he hung up and refused to take my calls. I am sure it is the same guys running the computer scams talked about here. If its not one Idea they try another. Just thought you should Know
Good luck
Mick

September 28, 2013, Tony says:

Got the same call tonight. Private name, private number. He was trying to tell me that my area routing department was the issue and that they were calling everyone in my neighbourhood. Sheesh, I sure hope my neighbours don't fall for it. Crazy thing is, when we chatted about how "the internet gets into my home" he said that it was my local router. When I suggested that I could just replace my router, he went back to the cause being the area routing department. Not too smart, that guy!!

December 5, 2013, Alex says:

I just had this happen. The same number called my house three times and so I decided to answer the third time.

An E.Indian lady was on the other end and it was very difficult to hear her. Same speech and everything.

I don't know a lot about computers but I thought it was odd that they were calling me...To get any help ever you have to call someone and wait on the phone for an hour.

Each time I told her that I did not trust her she would come up wit another story that didn't fully match the first one.

So I said goodbye - I am curious if anyone will try to call again...

January 25, 2014, Mick Young says:

Just thought I'd add to my previous submission regarding the Indian Scam. We moved house to be closer to the kids schools. New address and a new Phone number (Unpublished), New credit card. We got one phone call from them. I complained to the Feds again, The telecommunications Ombudsmans office and to Optus, all done in writing. Not a peep in months. Something worked. The characters had a setup in Canberra, something to do with territory laws. Its all quiet on the Southern Front so far so lets hope it stays that way! Just continue to Ignore them (or antagonise them) the seem to lose interest after a while!

Cheers and good luck

Mick

March 4, 2014, Fonzzy says:

So I get this call, from this middle eastern guy stating that my computer had malicious malware and was sending reports to " The International Routing System". I was about to hang up, but since i was already using my laptop, if figured lets look this up. So while Talking to him I keep on asking him where he is from and how is the weather out there ( while I was getting ready for my computer to load). So he keeps on insisting to do what he tells me, and I tell him " Whats the rush buddy? Is it almost time for you to clock out?" I guess he caught on to that I knew it was a scam and he just clicked on me.

This is not the first time I get calls like this, i've gotten clls where some random family member is stranded in Mexico and they need money. Of course I didnt bought that. Also, one where they are from the electric company and that they are going to come and cut off my service because I havent payed. Hope this little paragraphs help people out there so they wont fall for this scams.

Have a blessed day everybody!!

April 11, 2014, Hassan says:

I got a phone call from an Indian man who supposedly said I had a nasty virus on my computer. I went along with it for awhile as he kept saying he was from the GRS or something like that. When he asked me to download this anti virus thing, I was really skeptical. I googled it and found that a lot of other people were getting the same. These guys have nothing better to do with their life. I just hope they don't have any of our information

May 14, 2014, Ray says:

This is quite a group of folks. I got a phone call from man sounded like India accent. He told me The IRS(Internal Router Systems) informed his company (which he never would name) my computer had a virus or something worse. It is really quite a coincidence; my computer will not even boot up. I am on netbook now searching for a solution. I have not more than 2 months been on wireless broadband. Never had this problem on dialup.
Anyway he was talking like he was wanting to sell me computer software/ computer. I told him , I wasn't interested, I have 2 more computers I have to use while I get this other one fixed. He then wanted to know if I wanted to talk to his Supervisor. I said no. He was dissapointed (Sound in his voice), I hung up.
the caller ID showed 9 digits
412245685 no gaps between numbers.

May 28, 2014, LYNN says:

At 9:22pm I received a call from an Indian lady stating she was from Global routing Systems in London UK. Her number showed a Michigan number. She said the same thing as what you all have said, being from Microsoft. I wasted her time for about ten minutes. She wanted me to close all my browsers and I said no. She was pretty persistent.

July 15, 2014, T Lowe says:

Same deal here. I played with them for a while. They threatened to call the FBI on me because I was being mean and rude, but they continued to call back. I asked for a call back number and they gave me 888-771-6962 which I'm sure is routed right back to their queue.

August 25, 2014, H. RICHARD HEMMINGS says:

He's aaaack.... And very nasty... with and unknown nuname and number - of course....

October 14, 2014, irene says:

I just had same call but he said he was from talk talk, I asked why he wanted me to do this he said have you done cntrl r yet, I replied no and why do you want me to do this, he said have you done it yet, I hung up and googled. So it's been going on few years then...........
I've had two calls that I'm aware of in two weeks, first time my son answered but thankfully he hung up too.

October 16, 2014, Tod says:

They even affect France now. I received a similar call this morning. The guy with a strong Indian accent told me that he is calling from Manchester (UK) to tell me that my computer is infected. He wanted me to make me run the ASSOC command. I replied to go to hell and hung up on him!

February 5, 2015, Marsha H. says:

I am in Massachusetts in the United States and these people have been calling me for the last 2 months.

There is a woman and a man both have Indian accents. They always hang up after I ask them questions about their company. I got yelled at by the man when I asked what company is the International Routing Department a part of...he did say he worked for a department which implies that there is a company or organization :)

February 25, 2015, RM says:

Almost 5 years and these tw*ts are still at it. Got a call from some heavily accented Indian woman today (my wife tells me they have called quite a few times). She thinks my windows pc is infected and she got my details from the IRS. She claimed to be calling from some company called BC something or other. I immediately told her that I was registered on the TPS and that she was breaking the law by calling me.......and then the line went dead.

April 30, 2015, CM says:

I got a call today from a man with an Indian accent calling himself "James Matthews" . He said he was from Talk Talk and that he wanted to sort out some internet traffic coming from my computer at midnight to 2.15am. he wanted me to open my computer and go through things with him to cure it. I said I hadn't got time. I asked for his phone number which he refused to give saying they were not allowed to give that out. I then said I would look into it and hung up.

May 20, 2015, Julie says:

This man just called us claiming to be TalkTalk. He told us our full address, name and give a number for our TalkTalk account (which wasn't right). He then told me to press flag and 'R' on the phone, which I didn't as I knew something wasn't right. When I asked him why I had to do this, he told me that my files had been hacked and he was securing my account. Then because I still wouldn't press those buttons on the handset he said that I was "wasting his time" and told me to "f**k off" and dropped the phone. Lesson learned, never answering numbers like this again! Please don't answer, defo a scam.

November 24, 2015, Frank says:

Just got a call from "David Richards, based in New York". I'm in Toronto Canada.
"David" had a strong India accent, telling me to use a +1 in front of the phone number he quoted as being for his company "technocure.org".
I told him his mother would be ashamed of him for telling lies to people to steal their money. Impressively he stuck to his script.
After 5 minutes or so, I calmly asked to be removed from the call list.
The website actually exists and looks somewhat authentic - it's obvious from reading it, English was not the first language of whomever wrote it.
I called the phone number, and it was answered by a gentleman with an albeit better english accent who admitted the company was located in Southern India. He continued the "virus script" when I told him that I wasn't interested.
They're getting smart by creating a site and a call-back number that will indeed fool some people into proceeding.
Sad.
Spread the word of the scam.
Keep them on the phone as long as possible without divulging any personal info. Talk jibberish, don't "educate" them on their tell-tale mistakes to make them better con-artists.

May 24, 2017, Jeff J says:

I got 3 calls from these clowns yesterday. And I was able to get one to give me his actual phone number under the pretense of "just in case we get disconnected." It was 245-859-4186 x3864669382.

September 8, 2017, Amy says:

I got a called from -248-53-4490.

He said he was from the International Routing System saying there is an error message in their system that my VPN is leaking out information. He hung up when I asked him where he was calling from.

November 27, 2017, Kat says:

Looks like the scammers are trying to revive a dead meme. I just got a call from 313 241 0525 claiming to be VT Services. They said my system sent messages to the "International Routing Service" but couldn't tell me which machine, my IP, nothing. LOL. Next time they call, I'm answering the phone in spanish.