Recieved a call from today over my landline regarding a problem I reported.
Caller "Hello, this is xxxxxx from HCL. I am calling with regard to the problem you reported with your internet."
Me: "Sorry, I do not know what you are talking about, I havn't made any such report?"
Caller: "Ok, the first thing I would like you to do is click start....."
She then went on to direct me to allow remote connection. Obviously I didn't do this and when I asked her where she got her information from about me (I am ex-directory) she said I made the report. When I asked her my name or my i.p address (thinking one of my little ones had been up to no good) the line went dead. 5 minutes later I get another call from a different person (but again with an asian accent), this time asking about a problem with my windows xp installation (all my household pc's are W7) and again ignoring my refusal to accept I had made any report, they went on to direct me to remote desktop again. Due to me decorating and being up to my eyes in wallpaper paste at the time, I lost patience instead of actually investigating further and playing along.
I've checked with the kids and the wife but nobody has asked for help with any pc either by phone or by clicking some dodgy add. My kids don't know our landline number anyway so that pretty much counts them out and the wife rarely uses the pc's.
Anybody else had calls like this? New kind of scam perhaps?
Number was witheld but wiki showed HCL (could have been HSL?) is a legit company in the I.T field. Wonder how many people fall for this?
HCL
Caller "Hello, this is xxxxxx from HCL. I am calling with regard to the problem you reported with your internet."
Me: "Sorry, I do not know what you are talking about, I havn't made any such report?"
Caller: "Ok, the first thing I would like you to do is click start....."
She then went on to direct me to allow remote connection. Obviously I didn't do this and when I asked her where she got her information from about me (I am ex-directory) she said I made the report. When I asked her my name or my i.p address (thinking one of my little ones had been up to no good) the line went dead. 5 minutes later I get another call from a different person (but again with an asian accent), this time asking about a problem with my windows xp installation (all my household pc's are W7) and again ignoring my refusal to accept I had made any report, they went on to direct me to remote desktop again. Due to me decorating and being up to my eyes in wallpaper paste at the time, I lost patience instead of actually investigating further and playing along.
I've checked with the kids and the wife but nobody has asked for help with any pc either by phone or by clicking some dodgy add. My kids don't know our landline number anyway so that pretty much counts them out and the wife rarely uses the pc's.
Anybody else had calls like this? New kind of scam perhaps?
Number was witheld but wiki showed HCL (could have been HSL?) is a legit company in the I.T field. Wonder how many people fall for this?
HCL
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