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    I'm receiving phone calls from a company called Unitech (spelling suspect) implying that my Windows operating system is sending them errors and that Microsoft is aware of this contact. Does anyone know if this is a legit communication or is this another scam attempt?

     

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    Mike

    • Moved by Mike Kinsman Wednesday, June 15, 2011 4:20 PM off topic (From:TechNet Website Feedback)
    Tuesday, June 14, 2011 7:55 PM

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    Sounds fishy to me mike.  I would ask them for contact information, addresses, and a website if they call back and use that to track them down.  I've never heard of them though.

    Unfortunately your post is off topic here, in the TechNet Site Feedback forum, because it is not Feedback about the TechNet Website or Subscription.

    You may also want to try asking your question at http://answers.microsoft.com in the Windows section.

     For more information about where to post your question please see this thread: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tnfeedback/thread/24ee65e4-0f35-403c-9bf7-41333cd13cb5

    Moving to off topic.

    Thanks,                 
    Mike

     

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    Wednesday, June 15, 2011 4:20 PM
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    that's a scam, Mike. beware! i got a call like that before from a company named PC Solutions. told me they're an affiliate of Microsoft. the man said i got virus on my PC, which happened to be right then. So i thought he was legit, i allowed him access to my PC and I paid $250 for the fix, which was just right. but later on, when i checked online i got a total of $4200 billed to CC. i had to dispute the charges with my credit card company. and guess what, when i reported that phone number to this consumer complaint site called http://www.callercenter.com, i got 3 other responses to my complaint 4 hours later. which meant that that crook attempted to scam 3 other people. 

    Thursday, November 3, 2011 5:27 AM

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    Sounds fishy to me mike.  I would ask them for contact information, addresses, and a website if they call back and use that to track them down.  I've never heard of them though.

    Unfortunately your post is off topic here, in the TechNet Site Feedback forum, because it is not Feedback about the TechNet Website or Subscription.

    You may also want to try asking your question at http://answers.microsoft.com in the Windows section.

     For more information about where to post your question please see this thread: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tnfeedback/thread/24ee65e4-0f35-403c-9bf7-41333cd13cb5

    Moving to off topic.

    Thanks,                 
    Mike

     

    MSDN and TechNet Subscriptions Support
    Wednesday, June 15, 2011 4:20 PM
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    that's a scam, Mike. beware! i got a call like that before from a company named PC Solutions. told me they're an affiliate of Microsoft. the man said i got virus on my PC, which happened to be right then. So i thought he was legit, i allowed him access to my PC and I paid $250 for the fix, which was just right. but later on, when i checked online i got a total of $4200 billed to CC. i had to dispute the charges with my credit card company. and guess what, when i reported that phone number to this consumer complaint site called http://www.callercenter.com, i got 3 other responses to my complaint 4 hours later. which meant that that crook attempted to scam 3 other people. 

    Thursday, November 3, 2011 5:27 AM