Unsolicited phone calls.

[SeymourKell]

I received a phone call from Michael . He said he was calling from Help For Windows a company that supported Microsoft. He said they had evidence my computer was compromised. He wanted me to enter a command into my computer. He wanted me to press the Windows Start key at the same time as the R key. This brought up a command window where he wanted me to enter 'eventwv'. I said I wouldn't follow instructions from some stranger over the phone and especially since I had know clue what this all meant. I asked for his contact information and this what he gave me: His name is Michael Cooper, employee id: 287MC and his phone number 541-727-0389. I hung up.


So then I tried to reach Microsoft to either find out this was legitimate or to report the incident for their follow up. The only way I seem to be able to reach anyone at Microsoft is through this forum.


If anyone at Microsoft is listening I would appreciate a response.


Thanks,

Seymour

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