On May 4, 2012 at 7:30 EST I received a phone call from someone speaking with a heavy Asian sub-continent, accented English. He claimed to be calling from Microsoft Security. He said that Microsoft Security Monitors had detected a virus on my computer that could destroy all my files. And he wanted to clean my computer of the virus. He asked me to type into my Internet Explorer search window "www.ammyy.com" and hit enter. I suspected a scam, or hacker. And I refused. I offered to call him back at the number on my phone ID giving the city origin of the caller as "Seattle." The telephone number appearing for him was 206-456-0661. But he urged me not to hang up. He said he could not call me back, and I would not be able to reach him at the MS office. Convinced that he was a fraud, I hung up and called MS in Seattle. And yes, the person I spoke to at MS said it was a scam or hacker.

No company with good credit, including Microsoft, would initiate activity like this one. You can safely dismiss call like this. No need to confirm your suspition by long distance call to Microsoft HQ. Based on social engineering someone can make use of your money in a very "grace procedure". Double check your telephone bill. If you use Google search, there is about 14800 references pointing to very suspicious activity. Simple tracert gives IP = 70.38.40.185 ARIN search for 70.38.40.185 points to Russia: Network NetRange 70.38.40.184 - 70.38.40.191 CIDR 70.38.40.184/29 Name IWEB-CL-T129-081CL-564 Handle NET-70-38-40-184-1 Parent IWEB-BLK-05 (NET-70-38-0-0-1) Net Type Reassigned Origin AS AS32613 Customer Maxim Pro (C02114141) Registration Date 2008-12-15 Last Updated 2010-05-14 Comments RESTful Link http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-70-38-40-184-1 See Also Upstream network's resource POC records. See Also Upstream organization's POC records. See Also Related delegations. Customer Name Maxim Pro Handle C02114141 Street ch City Moscow State/Province Postal Code 117042 Country RU Registration Date 2008-12-15 Last Updated 2011-11-18 Comments RESTful Link http://whois.arin.net/rest/customer/C02114141 See Also Upstream network's resource POC records. See Also Upstream organization's POC records. BE CAREFUL TWICE NEXT TIME. DO FAST AND SIMPLE FORENSICS LIKE ABOVE. Regards Milos

Oh my God! I got a call from that number 206-456-0661, too, and it was exactly the same pattern. This guy, Harris, told me I got a virus on my PC and an alert has been received by Microsoft HQ. Said that if I don't get the virus removed, it would crash my system down and send my personal information all over the internet. Hahaha! Far from being plausible. I may not be a computer expert but I know that there's no such software that allows a computer to communicate on its own with another computer. I did not tell Harris that I knew he was a scammer and I asked to place him on hold, to which he agreed. Then I dialed an outgoing call and transferred him to the police department. Hahaha!

I looked up the phone number and I found this page http://www.callercenter.com/206-456-0661.html with a lot of complaints associated with the phone number. Wow! This scammer must be rich by now.

I also have recieved 2 phone calls, but the calls were from Ga. The heavily accented caller said I had 56000 error msgs & warnings and wanted to sell me computer protection for $400 for 10 yrs. I told him I didn't want to buy anything and he was somewhat rude. The 2nd call the next day said they were still getting error msgs from my computer. They said they were from Windows Support. Her's the rub tho, I discovered they installed a program on my computer AA V3 underscored. I cannot delete it, it says I don't have permission. It is also in my services section of task manager and I can't disable it there or delete it. I am working with the Geek Squad to try and get this resolved. If anyone has a way to get rid of this I would appreciate it very much.