Sample complaints we have found for (905) 667-5558
Jason MacInnis
A scam company that currently goes by the name techbuddha. Go see their legitimate looking website at www.techbuddha.com. They also have bogus facebook, twitter and linked-in accounts. They called me from Canada but have scammers is a couple of other countries including the US and UK.
They get you to a website that you download an executable that you execute and let them remotely control your computer. They then copy 'scanner' software to your desktop where they execute it. The software reports many problems that they then encourage you to 'fix' buy paying them a one time only 179.99. (Don't worry, it's not expensive. You can install their 'fix' software on all of your computers!)
I wish I could choose 'commit fraud' from the call type for this number.
Jason MacInnis
Jason
Hello Jason here from Australia. These people were calling me everyday but I kept on saying that I am not 18 and I dont have a PC and they then hang up. They called and spoke to my mother one day and she said I will just write all this down and ask my son and they hung up on her lol.So anyways I had another phone call from some Indian just today and I thought I will let him have his say and he sent me to this website aswell. I am a computer technician. I just let him think he had me lol..They sent me into the Event Viewer on my PC and got me to look at the errors and told me that they are all worms and viruses. The guy said I will pass you to our advanced technician to help you and they didnt transfer the call.. they just passed the phone to the other guy lol. Then the "Advanced Tech" said he needs to put a stop to it from the domain.. I got up to the part where they want to remote into your PC and I said I dont need this, the guy said "its not a matter of need sir, you have to get rid of these viruses and we will help". I said well I am actually a computer technician and I know exactly what the error logs are and what you are trying to do and he shat himself and started stumbling on his words and rustled the phone around a bit and then hung up LOL.I hope people stay alert from these scammers
Eff the scammers!
Yes, definitely a fraud, however I'm afraid "the authorities" can't do much except get the phone number disconnected. Then they will start using a different phone number. These people are committing fraud outside the country and no court in Canada will prosecute them. What is a local police sevice going to do - send officers to Inda to arrest a sweat-shop full of people earning $5 per week and bring them to Canada and prosecute them? Even if the ring-leaders can be identified they will not be prosecuted here or in India (or whatever country, it's not just India). And it's not just one set of fraudsters. There are many of these rings operating.And I agree with the first commenter - there should a a FRAUD section to choose from because 'Telemarketer' just doesn't cut it.
Ron Harris
http://fftimes.com/node/249086...... have a look at this website.... it'l tell u how they scam...... TECHBUDDHA is a bloddy scam..... dnt evr buy its packages....
Huriana Henderson NZ
I have had dealings with these thieves in the past. They rang my house in Wellington New Zealand and got me when I was sick. I was scammed!!Yesterday though, 5 April 2012, they rang my parents where I happened to be visiting. (Foxton New Zealand). My Mum didn't know about them but I did so spoke to them.They reckoned they had an office in Wellington NZ. I told him to go back to India on the 1st plane and not to ring back again. They are total scammers and I have reported them to the police but dont know what they would actually do about it.There are too many of these sort of people around unfortunately. UNLESS IT IS YOUR OWN INTERNET PROVIDER, EG. TELECOM, COMPASS, SLINGSHOT ETC. IN OTHER WORDS = THE ONE YOU PAY EVERY MONTH...... DO NOT LET THEM INTO YOUR COMPUTER.....SCAMMERS!!!!
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Sample complaints we have found for (905) 667-5558
Jason MacInnis
They get you to a website that you download an executable that you execute and let them remotely control your computer. They then copy 'scanner' software to your desktop where they execute it. The software reports many problems that they then encourage you to 'fix' buy paying them a one time only 179.99. (Don't worry, it's not expensive. You can install their 'fix' software on all of your computers!)
I wish I could choose 'commit fraud' from the call type for this number.
Jason MacInnis
Jason
Eff the scammers!
Ron Harris
Huriana Henderson NZ
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