rog
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Post by rog on Apr 21, 2010 17:19:49 GMT
Had an unsolicited suspicious phone call today form a company called "Online OPC Security" the guy was an Indian called Ricky Read.Their Phone Number is 01274 790085 they said that they are contacting all Windows Users worldwide to perform a free online check to determine why Windows is running slow.
They said they would phone me back tomorrow morning about 11.00am needless to say I will not be giving them access to my PC to perform this Online Test.
Has anyone else had a ponecafrom this crowd or heard anything about them.
Rog
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Post by elvisuk on Apr 21, 2010 18:17:13 GMT
It sounds like some kind off Con to me Rog and i would like to know how they got your Phone Number if it was me 
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Post by ken on Apr 21, 2010 19:36:00 GMT
Obviously a con of some sort Rog. They dont need your number, they use a ramdom number dialer and speak to whoever answers.
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Post by Angelstardust on Apr 21, 2010 19:51:31 GMT
Or they just go through the phone book, or a list sold to them by people who have lists; it's easy to gather a list of emails, or phone numbers.
Definitely sounds like a scam to me.
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rog
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Post by rog on Apr 21, 2010 20:36:19 GMT
They had my address as well.
Will ask them tomorrow how they got it.
Rog
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Post by computing50yrs on Apr 22, 2010 9:38:58 GMT
Its certainly a scam - if you do what the caller does they get you to sit at PC and they get you to browse to certain folders in Windows and then tell you that there is a problem which requires a special fix program which you can download (they give you the URL) the download page wants you to pay (Of Course thats what they scamming you for and to get your credit card number)
In certain instances they get you to delete a file in windows which immediately causes a problem which of course they will fix.
sometimes they do say that they are from microsoft who are ringing all users (How many billion calls ?? they must be using the whole of India as a call centre)
If you say you dont have a PC then they say sorry and then ring the next person to try and dupe.
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Post by millwall on Apr 25, 2010 6:42:03 GMT
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Post by rog on Apr 26, 2010 17:41:01 GMT
Thanks everyone.
He did call but was so patronising that I finished up giving him a mouthfull. He was another Indian and I couldn't understand half of what he said (apologies to anybody of Indian decent here).
I hung up pon him twice but he rang back.
Rog
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