Does Skype ever call customers to perform online m...

Last night I had a call come in from an account named 'ONLINE HELP - PERFORM SYSTEM MAINTENANCE!'.
I ignored the call as it seemed dodgy to me.
Can you please confirm if Skype ever calls customers for this reason??
Thanks.

This is a known scamming.
To avoid receiving any Calls like this, you can adjust your privacy to, Change Allow Calls from... "anyone" to "people on my Contact list only".
http://community.skype.com/t5/Windows/Does-anyone-know-what-quot-sys-help-bn3-quot-is/m-p/967658#M71...
You may also block and report the scammers.
https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA10488/how-do-i-block-or-report-a-contact
Regards,
Tamim
Location - Dhaka | Bangladesh - Standard Time Zone: GMT/UTC + 06:00 hour
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