I got this call Augut 2014. Reported the scam after being hounded for $199. He never fixed anything. A man with a thick Indian accent said there were errors coming from my PC. As of April 2017 they lost their affiliate status with Microsoft and had to pay everyone back their money. All the bad press from complaints registered by the FTC.

Anonymous wrote:So I got a call today from PC Speedy Tech support.
The person on the phone gave me a western name but had a heavy Indian/Pakistani accent.
I asked him where his call center was located and he said in Las Vegas. Yeah right.

He was telling me that he can help me speed up my computer.
Of course I know it's a scam. He'll probably ask to remotely access my machine.
Anyway, I played along and kept him on the phone for a while because I wanted to see how far off his script he'd go with my questions.
Then I told him I had to go fix dinner and had to get off the phone and thanks for calling. Entertaining.

Anyway, has anyone had any good or bad experience with this?

I absolutely love these calls. I got a call from someone saying they were from Microsoft and that my machine was putting out all these log files with errors. I work for Microsoft!!! I asked for their name said I couldn't find it in the company gac and they aren't from MS. Hysterical. I try to keep them on the phone as long as possible figuring I am sparring some other person from dealing with them.

They don't have any special knowledge about you or you PC. They just randomly dial numbers until someone answers.

I usually listen to what they say, then tell them their mothers would be ashamed of them scamming people like this and they should find a legitimate job to do.

I still get calls from them every so often.
Depending on my mood, I start asking personal questions to that person with a thick Indian/Pakistani accent but with a very Western name.
It's funny.

As I had software from SpeedyPC,which worked well for me,and had been downloaded by a Microsoft technician, after I had contacted Microsoft Tech Support,when I received the call from THIS "company," I unfortunately, became their victim. They claimed to be a Microsoft partner, and aware that PCSpeedy was, i allowed access, for a "30-minjte repair; 30 hours later, I found that they had removed my virus protection, and infected my computer, left my malware protection disabled, and said that I needed to pay $199.99 for their NEW software. I declined the payment demand, uninstalled their software, but later found that the computer was failing. HitmanPro was ineffective in removing it, and my computer died a slow, painful death. While my computer was dying, I began receiving calls from this "company," saying that their software was defective, their corporate attorneytold them that they would be going out-of-business and they would refund my $199.99, give me a "new computer," provided I sent $500.oo, and they would include an additional $1,500.00. I demanded that I speak to their attorney, and their manager; someone else picked up, but I heard derisive laughter in the background. For the past seven months, I have received numerous calls saying that I needed to go to my computer, login to the website they would provide, and complete a claim. Despite my having told them to cease these calls, and to MAIL me the paperwork, they insist that they MUSt only process the claim online. They have declined to provide a telephone number, but, today I received the following (which is likely bogus):
PC Speedy
13 South South
Sydney, Australia

When I said that I will NOT open any link they might send me, which would infect my NEW computer, I was told,that if I would not do s,o, I would forfeit my "refund." Needless to say, I do not entertain any calls from a "technician claiming to have been monitoring my computer, and representing Dell technical support--both Dell and Microsoft stated very clearly that their technicians would NEVER initiate the contact--I asked for their telephone number, and received one different from that provided by Dell.

"Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice shame on ME!"

I got a call from PC Speedy tonight. I think that my blood pressure was 200/300 when the call was ended by me. DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU. They are relentless once they get you to answer the phone.

Mike called right after I talked to geekvsqad. I thought mike was geek at first and allowed access. When I refused to accept his offer he would not release control. Then he destroyed everything while he laughed and said "try and use it now".

I got the same call and I hung up on the caller in about two minutes. I also wondered how he had my name and phone number. My wife said he probably got it from a phone book. She's probably right. Online or hard copy, the telephone directory information is easy to obtain. And, in the U.S., three out of four people you call will have a computer. It's just a numbers game.

Same experience ... I didn't catch the name because of his accent. He said I was getting error messages from the Internet that were now residing on my hard drive. It affects all Intel users. Yeah, but my home machine is an AMD. I've had laptops supplied by work and haven't updated my home equipment in 5 years. I said at this point, if I started getting error messages I'd just buy a new machine. I asked what company he represented and he said PC Speedy. The guy said that buying a new computer wouldn't fix the problem because the error messages would go to my IP address and install themselves on my Intel hard drive. It was pretty easy to read between the lines. We didn't even talk about granting him access to my computer. That was enough so I hung up. I don't have an Intel hard drive and have never heard of such a thing. They only make chips, don't they?

just got a call from these guys... I asked for their business number and he rattled off a number and I called in on the other phone and it was a residential line, nothing to do with his call... he then gave me another number and I called it and it was indeed speedy pc and he said they call to see if need their service and if there are any problems then there would be a charge to fix it.. the guy on the phone said I was putting my life in danger and that my computer would stop working properly... I advised him I have a company I use to keep it clean and he said they don't clean windows..............micro soft windows... I told him about all the scam stuff on the web about speedy pc and he said that is not them - someone out there is trying to copy them... I did not make the change he wanted and I told him I was not changing anything and we finally hung up-- he was very demanding... not me!! I did not fall for this trap.. scam...

patti at www.pattiscoolstuff.com

Got this call.... wondering how the hell they got my info! I am pretry careful about what I sign up for. The only time I gave my phone number recently (today) online was through 'renttherunway.com' .... I also have netflix, redbox, ipsy, paypal(don't think thsee asked for my phone though)... anyone else have these online accounts? ?

Got my call today....so glad I didn't fall for it since I'm not good with computer knowledge!!!!!!