Scammer alert,
Can anyone find out who this is for me? I received a call from a person (obvious scammer) impersonating a microsoft live employee. He was trying to get information regarding my xbox live account. I believe this number is tied to a land line in Coeburn Va USA, but that is all I can get. Any other information, address, etc. would be helpful. The number is 276 - eight zero seven - 5 two two eight. Any help would be appreciated.
Go Go.
Did the caller have an accent?Originally Posted by Stopspam
This is a common scam, and it's typically perpetrated by foreigners.
The caller ID you saw was likely spoofed.
No they sounded like an American teenager. I believe they were trying to hack my account somehow, most likely with the intention of using it to order downloadable content or something. Normally I would just blow this off as I was able to sniff out this scam, but what made me take this a little more seriously is that the caller knew my first and last name.
I get calls all the time from "Microsoft" employees claiming that I have a virus.
They lead you through common steps that produce a log that looks suspicious if you weren't very techy.
The end result is they want you to download their software and pay $100 for them to "clean it up" and they obviously introduce new things monthly and have you continually pay.
op do you have snapchat on your phone?
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
That # says:
Thanks for calling. The party you have called will be notified you call.
No snap chat, sorry. I reported the number to xbox live customer service and the rep told me they would "investigate" whatever that is worth.
For what its worth 276 area code is hella redneck country in VA. Its all mountains int he SW part of the state most eastern part is Martinsville and goes all the way tot he TN/NC line area in the SW. Probably some stupid inbred hillbilly thinking he could con somebody when his own IQ wasnt much higher then his shoe size.
Xboxlivefraudalert.com ftw
No snap chat, sorry. I reported the number to xbox live customer service and the rep told me they would "investigate" whatever that is worth.
why u so stuck up tho
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
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