Hi friends,

          I also received the same call from techmate247 my computer was not working told me that my computer got viruses, my computer was working very slow ,  they worked on my computer for about one hour now my computer is working all right , they first gave me the services then i paid them i am very happy with the services i always call them on their toll free number and they are always their to help me i also recommend my friends to TECHMATE247. They really have a good team of technicians . I m very thankful to them

SCAM SCAM SCAM!
Another obvious scam using a currently familiar theme, complete with equally familiar fake posts from satisfied customers using "call centre" English!

Avoid these calls like a plague! It is a SCAM targeted at people with limited knowledge on internet security/computers. Please avoid and report if possible. Do NOT provide any details. Microsoft will never call you for access to your computer thru a 3rd party vendor.

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.

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...

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