The purpose of these calls is to get an easy $299 (or whatever amount they choose) by scaring you into thinking theres something really wrong with your computer and that they can fix it for you. The scam is a well-oiled machine which starts off with the alleged Microsoft representative asking you to turn on your computer to perform some checks for errors. They essentially make you open different applications which arent typically known by regular users. To give them access to my computer I had to download a program called TeamViewer which is totally legitimate software used by many companies and individuals to remote into somebody else’s machine. The man on the phone also had a thick Indian accent and sounded quite professional.”]