Hey "Greame" Smith, the next time you try to sound genuine by using an English name, at least learn how to spell it!

Yeah yeah "jack" whatever you say....
Maybe you can try to answer an obvious question that scammers like you find so difficult? Why did you enter a phone number into a website called "whocallsme.com" if you already knew who the number belongs to??
Yes, don't tell me, you found it by accident. Right?
Or one of your mates just happened to mention it?
Oh, and sorry to make you look any more stupid, but maybe you could tell us how these "wonderful" companies/tech-heads can get people's private phone numbers from supposed "error" messages sent from millions of computers when they can't even see an IP address!??

Of course I don't expect any answers but I'm sure if you try the b***s*** you'll spew out may at least be funny enough to be slightly entertaining.

Nobody called me; I found this company here and called them myself at 1-800-318-2017  to get help with a problem. http://www.techmate247.com/index.htmlAs I have in the past with legitimate support techs, I gave the man control of my computer. He did several things that made me suspicious and that I don't want to mention here since I assume his type troll through this kind of message board to learn how to refine their tactics.He also identified csrss.exe on my computer, but fortunately I was just realizing he was a criminal. Unfortunately, I had no idea how much he had already stolen and installed. Spent the next several hours calling banks and changing User IDs and passwords.If anybody knows this company to be legitimate, please let me know. Otherwise, I'll continue to think they are scammers and that I barely averted disaster.

That would be "James Anderson" who has called me previously.  Funny but I have just been watching him on TV with the England Cricket Team in the UAE.  He really gets about, doesn't he. The telephone number is fake, via Skype or VOIP and the call would be from India. This scam has been going on for ages and was on "You've Been Scammed", BBC1, last November. They want remote access to your coputer and will install spyware/malware to steal your info. As you ISP told you, neither Microsoft or its partners would ever 'phone you.  It would be a breach of their privacy rules.  No-one who 'phones has any knowledge of your computer. They rely on scare tactics and lack of computer knowledge.

It is sad that you have to resort to abuse, even if it is complete gibberish.  A check on the Microsoft website will show the warning that neither Microsoft, nor its partners would ever 'phone.  It is a breach of their privacy rules. Your choice of places where people have been helped is a joke, you cannot even spell them. Your post just shows how much of a scam this company is. Thanks

My wife received a call from techmate 24/7 (on behalf of Microsoft) claiming she had a virus on her laptop.  They called back again an hour later (different person) saying they were the manager and urgently needed access to her machine.Definitely a scam...