Windows 10: eventvwr Scam Call France - Belgium

Hello,Can Microsoft or somebody else do something about the scam calls in the name of Microsoft? I got two calls from two Belgium numbers I live in France about a Trjoan Horse problem with my computer. They reached me on a landline number which is not associated with any of my online identities at all; and this was their first big lie. They asked me with lame slow explanations to open the event viewer Windows+R then eventvwr, check the application event log and check for errors; which are not deletable, and to thier logic this is a problem a second big lie. I am not an IT specalist but t

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EVENTVWR scam active again

I have had multiple calls in the last week from people claiming to be Microsoft. Normally I put pone down straight away but as my son has an open ticket to refund an O365 license that he waiting for I took the call today.

It's the same EVENTVWR scam as far as I can tell

Numbers they have called from (I believe when looking back at my caller history of last few weeks):

01984624491 (today)

02083139624

02083139515

02089036343

Sounds like call from a busy call centre in India.

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security scam?

Yes. That's a scam which is going on since many many years.

Suggestion to read:

• Beware of Phony Emails & Tech Support Scams

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/threats/support-scams

• Avoiding technical support scams
• Tech Support Scams – Help & Resource Page
• Best Practices for Safe Computing - Prevention of Malware Infection

 

Scam Alert

Suggest reading/watching:.

• Beware of Phony Tech Support Scams
• Protect yourself from tech support scams