08000988191

Back in April 2017, I had a very similar experience. I ended up reporting the scam to the police through Action Fraud, handing over all the details like the bogus company address and the office location they claimed was in Swindon. But honestly, Action Fraud didn’t seem to take any action. Just last week, I got another call from the same scammer asking to get into my computer. I told him straight he was a cheat and he just hung up. The number showed as 02032901740 - which matches the one mentioned here. I notified Action Fraud once more but I reckon nothing will come of it.

On Thursday, 10th of March, I needed to contact Norton because they charged me twice for my yearly subscription. I searched online thinking I was actually speaking with Norton… turns out I wasn’t. I ended up with a bunch of scammers. They got access to my laptop, but thankfully I noticed something was off and rang the real Norton the very next day. That same day, after these scammers had been on my laptop, I got a call asking if I’d sent them a cheque for £350. Of course, I’m following the advice I’ve read from others: ignore their constant calls - I’m getting at least 4 or 5 a day. Norton themselves told me not to pay anyone or send cheques. Now I’m curious if they’ll try to drag me to court over a fake bill!

This morning, we got a call from this number, but it wasn’t on our usual office line. The bloke on the other end sounded Asian, with a bunch of others chatting in the background. He asked after our MD by name and claimed we’d paid them £554 last year for some computer support. Then he said our system needed an urgent update to keep it secure. He was pretty pushy and when I didn’t seem convinced, he said he’d keep ringing until he spoke to the MD. I couldn’t find any record of us paying them before. Feels like a total scam to me.

Just like the ‘Anonymous’ comment from about 17 hours ago, I ran into the exact same situation! Really grateful for the warning because I was pretty sure something fishy was going on. I was also told my ID had been stolen, not just in Nigeria but Baltimore too. The caller sounded very convincing, except they said they were calling from Seattle but had a really obvious Indian accent - I actually spoke to a few different people on this number. They even pushed a company based in Kent to sort out the issue. Luckily, I stopped talking before getting sucked in any further. Would seriously recommend steering clear! Such a stressful experience...

I got a call from someone claiming to be Canon support, saying my printer was having issues. They told me to stop using my computer for a week because it was supposedly hacked from Baltimore. Then they had me go to this website, www.helpme.net. After that, the person took control of my computer and said they’d sort it out if I sent £180 by postal order to UK Infotech, Unit 69 in Swindon. This went on for more than an hour. Being a pensioner, I didn’t realise until a family member pointed out I’d been conned. For the past few days, I’ve also had calls from someone calling themselves Alaster, who has an Asian accent. I’ve been ignoring the calls. The number is 08000988191 if anyone wants to avoid it.

I reckon I phoned what I thought was AVG's freephone number. Some place called Database Infotech or something claimed to have sorted my computer out, but they wanted a hefty amount for it. Got in touch with Action Fraud afterwards, they were really helpful and confirmed it was a scam.

I called a number that supposedly belonged to HP Technical Support - I think it might've been the one listed on a tech doc the person put up on my computer during a remote session. I wanted to know why my printer replacement ink hadn't arrived. They told me my delivery address had mysteriously changed from Nigeria to... Nigeria? They suggested that maybe someone outside the UK had hacked into my network. They said they’d hand the issue over to a company called UKDTL to sort out the security, which would take a couple of hours and cost about £160 including VAT. They said I had to send a cheque right away. Feeling a bit freaked out, I went along with it. Just got the invoice via email but I’m not sure I want to pay it. Planning to contact HP directly through their official website on Monday, not some random number I found on Google, to check if I actually spoke with their staff. Something about all this rings alarm bells - dodgy number and UKDTL gets called a scam by others online.

I got a Norton360 alert pop up on my computer and called the number I assumed was Norton’s support. They then took remote control of my PC and told me my network was at risk. After that, they said they’d connect me to a firm called UK Infotech and even showed me their site. I told them I wanted to talk to Microsoft first before doing anything. They gave me a number to contact Microsoft, which I called. They confirmed UK Infotech was a legit Microsoft partner. Later, I got a call back from UK Infotech - but the number was exactly the same as the one they gave me for Microsoft! Luckily, I realised it was a scam before I agreed to pay them £200. Then I got in touch with the real Norton support, who sorted out my software and ran virus checks on my device.

This bloke called himself Mike Harper. I found his number on Google when looking for Gmail help, so I rang him. For about three hours this “tech guy” from UK Infotech was on my Mac, supposedly fixing stuff, but he ended up putting some dodgy software on it. Then he asked me for £120 by cheque. Turns out it was a total scam!