I received a phone call from the Seattle area this evening and informed me that my computer was infested with a virus. The caller was not very good with the English language. I do not think that Microsoft would be calling me to inform me that my computer had a virus.

This is not from Microsoft. Microsoft does not collect information from your machine suffciient to contact you. This is a scam. Please be sure download and install the free Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) anti-virus tool to scan for any viruses or malware on your machine. MSE will report on any issues and offer to fix them for you. Download it and review other information to keep your machine safe from scams here: http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.aspx You will never be contacted by Microsoft concerning a virus on your machine.Doug Neal - Microsoft Update and MBSA

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.

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.

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.

I got a similar phone call and they left a number of 727-369-8324. They have called me multiple times but I think my phone number is too old and on too many scam lists.

I got a similar phone call and they left a number of 727-369-8324. They have called me multiple times but I think my phone number is too old and on too many scam lists.

I got a similar phone call and they left a number of 727-369-8324. They have called me multiple times but I think my phone number is too old and on too many scam lists.