I assume these are a scam?

[Pilatus]

I have started receiving voicemails supposedly from Microsoft, I am assuming they are phishing emails so I just delete them as I see them .
Am I correct and are you receiving them?

 

[melted welly]

Unless you’ve given them your number and expecting a return call, it’s a scam.

 

[Pistonbroke]

According to Microsoft,they never have or never do phone anybody, anywhere for any reason. As soon as I hear the word Microsoft I just tell them to feck off

 

[Paddington]

Get these most weeks, they seem to need access to my computer for various reasons. Apparently I have been hacked, compromised, phished, aliased, penetrated and wormed.
They are also working with the police to investigate my viewing habits.

 

[Still Farming]

Stacks here in Spam also addresses from:-

 

[Pistonbroke]

Get these most weeks, they seem to need access to my computer for various reasons. Apparently I have been hacked, compromised, phished, aliased, penetrated and wormed.
They are also working with the police to investigate my viewing habits.

One rang my mother one day when I was there claiming her Microsoft pc had been hacked and her bank account accessed. All she's got is an Amazon tablet thing for free books and ordering from Tesco. I let him go on for a bit then told him there's no computer there and he called me " a goddam,motherf#####g, lying son of a bitch" which I thought was a touch harsh.

 

[penntor]

I had a call last year, Asian lady saying about Microsoft and my computer. I told her I did not have a computer ( funny, how am I accessing TFF and typing this. She screamed down the phone at me 'Get one; and then put the phone down on me.

 

[melted welly]

I had an interesting email off a gentleman last year. He was apparently heading up a crack team of scammers who had recently breached my security systems and was set to wipe all my files unless I paid him £500 in bitcoin, which seemed low given the international esteem he appeared to hold himself in. As the cherry on the cake so to speak, he also claimed to have taken control of the webcam and had footage of some “passionate masturbation sessions” that would be sent to all contacts if money wasn’t received within 48hrs.

Few things crossed my mind:
1. Might be quite nice if he wiped gatekeeper from the computer.
2. I don’t have a webcam.
3. The email came was to my work computer, which is in the office and I think someone else in the office might’ve said something about these alleged “passionate sessions”.
4. His spelling was atrocious.

Anyway 48hrs came and went and I never heard any more from this international crime lord, maybe his mum had grounded him and turned off the internet that day

I could see however, if they get the right person with the right email, then there will be a chance at a response. Be a numbers game.

 

[J B]

I had an interesting email off a gentleman last year. He was apparently heading up a crack team of scammers who had recently breached my security systems and was set to wipe all my files unless I paid him £500 in bitcoin, which seemed low given the international esteem he appeared to hold himself in. As the cherry on the cake so to speak, he also claimed to have taken control of the webcam and had footage of some “passionate masturbation sessions” that would be sent to all contacts if money wasn’t received within 48hrs.

Few things crossed my mind:
1. Might be quite nice if he wiped gatekeeper from the computer.
2. I don’t have a webcam.
3. The email came was to my work computer, which is in the office and I think someone else in the office might’ve said something about these alleged “passionate sessions”.
4. His spelling was atrocious.

Anyway 48hrs came and went and I never heard any more from this international crime lord, maybe his mum had grounded him and turned off the internet that day

I could see however, if they get the right person with the right email, then there will be a chance at a response. Be a numbers game.

I had one similar - I replied to the email saying that I didn't have a bitcoin account but would post him a cheque.
The email bounced back as undeliverable so I'm not sure what to do next ...

 

[Still Farming]

Missed v- call again emails today.
Guess their FLOODING the systems currently with these???

 

[GrainBrain]

Worth being aware that scammers may try to add you to WhatsApp groups. They will name the group something generic that you may be a part of such as one of the big mobile networks or a big bank, or Royal Mail. Then they will ask you for your details or to click a link.

99.99% of the time this is scam and you should block and report it.

The only links you should ever click on will be like 'royalmail.com' never like 'ro-yal-ma-il,com' or 'hsbc,bank-uk,com' or anything else that is separated with full stops or hyphens.

It's also good to hover over the link if you're on a laptop or desktop, and in the bottom left corner it will show you the link that you're going to go to.

Some users may not be aware that the text shown and the actual link can be different.

For example this 'link' https://amazon.co.uk actually goes to this forum instead...

(N.B. I used commas instead of full stops so people don't accidentally click those spam links!)