"Dell support" scam calls?

I have been receiving calls from 1-800-624 9896 claiming that our Dell computer is sending messages to Dell on a virus attack. When I tell them the computer is at the moment in storage, one time the call got disconnected immediately. Just now he asked "how is that possible, can you turn the computer on so I can guide you through some steps?" and when I then asked to talk to his manager and said I suspected he is not from Dell, the call again disconnected.
Sounds like a scam to me. Can you please investigate?

* Open the Customer Care - Wiki tab
* On the right, click on "3rd party entities posing as Dell Technical Support"

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So I got what I believed was a scam call from +1 (661) 748-0240. He said some stuff about him detecting security issues with me and my IP address. I ask how he would know that, and he said it was through the servers connected to my PC. I'd like to think I'm fairly tech-literate so I could tell it was a bit of crap. Looking it up, I see it's a default skype number and that it's used for scamming quite a bit. So that helped my suspision. But here's the thing. This was a bit different. He knew and recited my name to me, and even said he was a third-party contracted by Dell(I own an Alienware laptop from late 2013). That was a bit scary as I have no idea how a scammer would have that info. But I'm pretty sure a REAL third-party network security company would have a REAL number. So I'm fairly sure it was just a scammer. but I have no idea how he would have that info. Has anyone else had this instance where the guy knew your name and somehow knew your PC brand?

Hi, Maora34, and welcome to the Community,
You are correct: this number: 001 661 748 0240
is a well-known generic caller ID assigned to outgoing Skype calls by the land line telephone companies when Skype caller ID is missing, corrupted, or simply not programmed or added.
I would be extremely wary of such calls, and suspect that perhaps the place you purchased your computer from may have been compromised. Call that vendor directly to ask for more information. As a proactive measure, change your on-line account passwords and run your preferred anti-virus/malware/spyware software suite using today's virus signature files.
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Revision: 3045
Author: [email protected]
Date: 2008-08-29 10:59:25 -0700 (Fri, 29 Aug 2008)
Log Message:
Fix FB-13900: Expression Evaluator: 'is' and 'as' expressions return 'Target player does not support function calls'
Ticket Links:
http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FB-13900
Modified Paths:
flex/sdk/trunk/modules/debugger/src/java/flash/tools/debugger/concrete/BinaryOp.java
flex/sdk/trunk/modules/debugger/src/java/flash/tools/debugger/concrete/PlayerSession.java

Revision: 3045
Author: [email protected]
Date: 2008-08-29 10:59:25 -0700 (Fri, 29 Aug 2008)
Log Message:
Fix FB-13900: Expression Evaluator: 'is' and 'as' expressions return 'Target player does not support function calls'
Ticket Links:
http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FB-13900
Modified Paths:
flex/sdk/trunk/modules/debugger/src/java/flash/tools/debugger/concrete/BinaryOp.java
flex/sdk/trunk/modules/debugger/src/java/flash/tools/debugger/concrete/PlayerSession.java

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