Microsoft Scam
Complaint 130683 Details
- Date Occurred: 06/28/2014
- Reported Damages: $150.00
- Location: WASHINGTON DC
The complaint is against an online dating profile
The complaint is a listing fraud posted on public forums or sites against an anonymous entity
The complaint is mobile text spam or smishing related against an anonymous entity
The company or person contact no longer exists
International boundaries
i LIVE IN EDINBURGH SCOTLAND YESTERDAY THE 28TH I RECIEVED A CALL FROM AN INDIAN SOUNDING MAN SAYING HE WAS FROM MISCROSOFT AND THAY THEY HAD FOUND MANY PROBLEMS WITH MY COMPUTER AND THAT IT WAS ABOUT TO CRASH, I QUESTIONED HIM FOR A WHILE BUT HE WAS SO CONVINCING, EVEN SAYING HE WAS IN WASHINGTON, HE HAD FULL CONTROL OVER MY COMPUTER AND THEN TOLD ME THERE WERE 84 PROBLEMS AND THAT I NEEDED A LICENSE FOR THE 10 YRS AND SECURITY FOR ANY VIRUS, I FOOLISHLY AGREED TO PAY THE £70 WHICH HE THEN CONVERTED TO $71.30 Canadian dollars I ASKED WHY AND I WAS GIVEN THAT IT HAD TO BE IN CANADAIN DOLLARS, BY THIS TIME THE CASH HAD GONE FDROM MY ACCOUNT TO PAY FOR THIS SCAM, I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY BANK TO CANCEL MY CARD AND THE MONEY HAD BEEN TAKEN. CARD CANCELLED TILL NEW ONE ISSUED
I CANNOT BELIVE I FELL FOR THIS SCAM, NEVER BEFORE HAVE I DONE THIS, MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS (Personal Information Removed) this is all the info i will give out now, i plan to call Microsoft today when they open to tell them. so it doesnt happen to anyone else.
- STANLEY SBID #0a82652dca
- Posted 06/29/2014
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- Complaint Against Microsoft
- Complaints Filed: 44
- Reported Damages: $1,210,734.52
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