today 19/7/11 received a call from with same blurb from Arnold (Indian) and asked to speak to his supervisor named Samuel. Asked for their abn (02) 6588 9101 which doesn't exist on the ACCC website its bogus. The ph num he gave me was (02) 8006 1200 and based in George St Sydney comp name Software Support PC. Said Id' call him back when I checked their bona-fides didn't

Also they say their company name was Pc Cyber Solutions.
No such thing in Google.

Just had the great pleasure of speaking with 'Robert Williams' and his 'supervisor' from 'Live Help 4 PC'. I think I eventually asked too many questions as they hung up on me!! (Pretty amazing I thought!!).Thanks all for sharing experiences - hopefully stops more people getting scammed.

Definately dodgy - got the same call today. Same number 028006100.

I got a call from an Indian male claiming he was from a company Life ... services, I couldn't make out the middle word. He claimed his company works for Microsoft. He informed me that my PC was infected and directed me to the event logs where one always finds some errors. He said I should shut down my PC and call their number (02) 8006 1200.I have had a similar call before from an Indian male, and when I told that person that I was an IT manager, they hung up.

My Dad had a call from 02081449360 saying much the same - he let them access his computer remotely but didn't give them any money.  I rang them back and had a go at them (after reporting them to Action Fraud who are very helpful) - my parting shot was "we both know this is a load of b*ll*cks".  Probably won't have any effect but it felt good to shout that down the phone at him!!!

Yeah, just got the same thing, rang back when I hung up on him, told me I was lying to him about being a Computer Technician (I am a fully qualified Audio Visual Technician and I build Computers to earn a part-time income) and then threatened that the computer was in danger of having a meltdown. Tried to tell me that there were several problems with the computer - seeings I only built this computer and installed a few months ago, I know what is and isn't wrong with it. Got my back up and eventually got a company name, number and address which funnily enough only led me to this little forum.
Thought I'd share the new number they're using:

(02) 8003 5916/">(02) 8003 5916
(02) 8003 5916

Guys, don't fall for this stuff, they will just use the remote access to download all your files and sensitive information, they can get passwords and everything through this method if they are clever enough - which they may or may not be but better to be safe than sorry.

I hate to say this because I am not racially motivated, but next time you hear an Indian accent just hang up - the ones who are cold calling you are more often than not, scammers.

Don't trust anyone for that matter, heck I even question people who have an Australian accent because they are getting very sneaky these days.

A couple of days ago I had another Indian bloke telling me he was calling from the Bank of Melbourne... hmmmm, is that the same bank that hasn't existed for over 2-3 years????

Very interesting, wanted account verification before he would even explain to me what the call was about, lucky I was here, otherwise my mum might have fallen victim to it. When I asked for further details, he hung up.

We have caller ID on our phone, the number that appeared was a Sydney number, when I called the police and said I have a number for them, he just said he'd take it but there wasn't much they could do as it was a falsely generated number. So please people, be careful, ask them for their details first before giving any of yours, it is your right to keep your information private.

If it is a legitimate company, the caller will provide you with the full company details, I'd even get an ABN or ACN if you're not too sure then check www.abr.gov.au for the company's information.The caller will also give you their name, their ID, company name and address and what the call is in regards to without you having to give them one single bit of information. I hadn't registered for the Do Not Call register, but I said to him do you realise I'm on the 'Do Not Call' register, he replied, yes ma'am, I am aware of that but I am not selling anything. Then proceeded to tell me I was a liar because if I really was a technician I would know that there are heaps of problems with the computer.

Better to be safe than sorry and stand up for yourself to these people, don't let yourself be bullied by anyone!

I think the guy gave it away when he started calling me a liar. Lucky he wasn't standing face to face, he probably wouldn't have the balls to say something like that to my face anyway! I don't care who you are, whether you are white, black or any other colour, you don't call someone a liar without backing it up.

I live for the day these people call me now, bring it on b***hes.

P.S. I know this is long enough now, but just wanted to say, please keep posting any new numbers or any information you have as this will help people searching for info on this bogus company and prevent more and more from falling victim to their cowardly crimes.