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		<title>Comment on Update on Support On Click &#8211; Police alert to Scam by Matt Walton</title>
		<link>http://ctaspley.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/update-on-support-on-click-police-alert-to-scam/#comment-279</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt Walton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just got a call from Support on Click - glad I found this article before I remotely connected to their system and got charged. 
Although I have read Mr Shah&#039;s response above - I&#039;d say the staff at his company are still using dubious sales techniques to sell their product and would urge anyone having technical problems to contact a more reputable company. 
The representative I was contacted by did still claim to be a Microsoft affiliate, and although I was having a few technical issues at the time, I haven&#039;t got a clue how he got hold of my phone number unless they&#039;d already introduced some for of software onto my computer already to cause those problems in the first place.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just got a call from Support on Click &#8211; glad I found this article before I remotely connected to their system and got charged.<br />
Although I have read Mr Shah&#8217;s response above &#8211; I&#8217;d say the staff at his company are still using dubious sales techniques to sell their product and would urge anyone having technical problems to contact a more reputable company.<br />
The representative I was contacted by did still claim to be a Microsoft affiliate, and although I was having a few technical issues at the time, I haven&#8217;t got a clue how he got hold of my phone number unless they&#8217;d already introduced some for of software onto my computer already to cause those problems in the first place.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Support On Click (aka reading the fine print) by John</title>
		<link>http://ctaspley.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/support-on-click-aka-reading-the-fine-print/#comment-278</link>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I got a call at 5.45 pm today from &quot;Ben Thompson&quot; of &quot;Support On Click&quot; with a thick indian accent telling me that my computer(which he said runs on Windows Vista or XP) was about to be attacked by some type of virus I had never heard about before.  He wanted me to start up my computer and he was going to walk me through a process to prevent this from happening. He also mentioned Microsoft technicians. I was very suspicious because I just had my computer updated to Windows 7 and it was checked out thoroughly.  I told him my computer was in the shop for repairs so he wanted to know when I will get it back.  I told him Monday.  He then gave me an 800 number(1-800-698-9034) to call when I got my computer back.  After that conversation  ended I googled the company and found this blog.  I am so grateful to you guys for speaking up about this company and what it&#039;s doing.  Thanks a lot.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got a call at 5.45 pm today from &#8220;Ben Thompson&#8221; of &#8220;Support On Click&#8221; with a thick indian accent telling me that my computer(which he said runs on Windows Vista or XP) was about to be attacked by some type of virus I had never heard about before.  He wanted me to start up my computer and he was going to walk me through a process to prevent this from happening. He also mentioned Microsoft technicians. I was very suspicious because I just had my computer updated to Windows 7 and it was checked out thoroughly.  I told him my computer was in the shop for repairs so he wanted to know when I will get it back.  I told him Monday.  He then gave me an 800 number(1-800-698-9034) to call when I got my computer back.  After that conversation  ended I googled the company and found this blog.  I am so grateful to you guys for speaking up about this company and what it&#8217;s doing.  Thanks a lot.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Update on Support On Click &#8211; Police alert to Scam by Aaron</title>
		<link>http://ctaspley.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/update-on-support-on-click-police-alert-to-scam/#comment-277</link>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Okay... I am giving all my listeners a heads up given my folks got a call. Prateek, Find a new way to sell my friend. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck... Good luck to both sides of this dilema... Follow your gut Folks. ~A</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay&#8230; I am giving all my listeners a heads up given my folks got a call. Prateek, Find a new way to sell my friend. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck&#8230; Good luck to both sides of this dilema&#8230; Follow your gut Folks. ~A</p>
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		<title>Comment on Support On Click (aka reading the fine print) by Aaron</title>
		<link>http://ctaspley.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/support-on-click-aka-reading-the-fine-print/#comment-276</link>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am a radio personality and will be talking about this on air in Spokane Wa. I talked to these jackasses last night after they spoke to my mom! I cornerd him on how he got my Phone number</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a radio personality and will be talking about this on air in Spokane Wa. I talked to these jackasses last night after they spoke to my mom! I cornerd him on how he got my Phone number</p>
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		<title>Comment on Support On Click (aka reading the fine print) by Prateek Shah</title>
		<link>http://ctaspley.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/support-on-click-aka-reading-the-fine-print/#comment-275</link>
		<dc:creator>Prateek Shah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi all,

I believe the forum moderators have been deleting my company’s attempts to reply to your comments, which I feel is unfair on us. I hope that the objectivity of this post will help it remain on this forum.

I am a Director at Pecon, having joined the company 2 months ago after returning from USA. I believe this company has a genuine product that is beneficial to its customers, and while we have had incidents in the past where our sales agents have used unethical means to sell our product, we have taken stringent measures to correct this and I can confidently say that today none of our callers claim that they are from Microsoft or overcharge our customers (if they do so they are immediately terminated). We do, however, have Microsoft-certified technicians.

Having said that, there are some assumptions that this post makes that are really not valid – for instance, the police report does not at any point mention the name of the company making these calls, and we are not the only company that provides this service – in fact some of our past employees have absconded with our software and started similar companies.

Secondly, at no point do we install viruses that collect credit card data – this is simply an unverified claim made to exaggerate the gravity of the “scam.”

Lastly, in the few cases where past employees of ours have made unethical sales, we have made a conscious effort, where given the opportunity, to make amends. Even now we stand by the policy that the grievances of any customer who feels unfairly treated will be swiftly addressed.

The hullabaloo that this post and others like it have created, on the other hand, have caused us much inconvenience and loss. Customers who have benefited from our service and were well satisfied with it for 3 or even 6 months suddenly see such reports and take their money back.

I sincerely hope that some of you will open your mind enough to check our product out before you judge us based on someone else’s incorrect conclusions – most of the posts above are from people proudly claiming that they got a call from us, saw this website, and shooed us off, and this pattern just goes on and on. Very few of the posts provide any material objections, and to most of them I could make a reply given the opportunity. As for using the remote connection to usurp your computer and personal data behind your back, we use remote support software from a California-based company (Citrix GotoAssist), and they will tell you that such a thing is not possible.

I am aware that all you are trying to do is create awareness and increase computer users’ safety and security, but I assure you our company’s objectives are much the same. We are not scammers and we are definitely not “scum” as someone above has called us. Just because we are Indian does not make us dishonest. Generalizing a few exceptional cases to defile the name of our company as a whole does not make you good reporters.

I only hope the moderators of this forum will be open-minded enough not to delete this post simply because it’s from an Indian IP address.

Sincerely,
Prateek Shah
Director</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I believe the forum moderators have been deleting my company’s attempts to reply to your comments, which I feel is unfair on us. I hope that the objectivity of this post will help it remain on this forum.</p>
<p>I am a Director at Pecon, having joined the company 2 months ago after returning from USA. I believe this company has a genuine product that is beneficial to its customers, and while we have had incidents in the past where our sales agents have used unethical means to sell our product, we have taken stringent measures to correct this and I can confidently say that today none of our callers claim that they are from Microsoft or overcharge our customers (if they do so they are immediately terminated). We do, however, have Microsoft-certified technicians.</p>
<p>Having said that, there are some assumptions that this post makes that are really not valid – for instance, the police report does not at any point mention the name of the company making these calls, and we are not the only company that provides this service – in fact some of our past employees have absconded with our software and started similar companies.</p>
<p>Secondly, at no point do we install viruses that collect credit card data – this is simply an unverified claim made to exaggerate the gravity of the “scam.”</p>
<p>Lastly, in the few cases where past employees of ours have made unethical sales, we have made a conscious effort, where given the opportunity, to make amends. Even now we stand by the policy that the grievances of any customer who feels unfairly treated will be swiftly addressed.</p>
<p>The hullabaloo that this post and others like it have created, on the other hand, have caused us much inconvenience and loss. Customers who have benefited from our service and were well satisfied with it for 3 or even 6 months suddenly see such reports and take their money back.</p>
<p>I sincerely hope that some of you will open your mind enough to check our product out before you judge us based on someone else’s incorrect conclusions – most of the posts above are from people proudly claiming that they got a call from us, saw this website, and shooed us off, and this pattern just goes on and on. Very few of the posts provide any material objections, and to most of them I could make a reply given the opportunity. As for using the remote connection to usurp your computer and personal data behind your back, we use remote support software from a California-based company (Citrix GotoAssist), and they will tell you that such a thing is not possible.</p>
<p>I am aware that all you are trying to do is create awareness and increase computer users’ safety and security, but I assure you our company’s objectives are much the same. We are not scammers and we are definitely not “scum” as someone above has called us. Just because we are Indian does not make us dishonest. Generalizing a few exceptional cases to defile the name of our company as a whole does not make you good reporters.</p>
<p>I only hope the moderators of this forum will be open-minded enough not to delete this post simply because it’s from an Indian IP address.</p>
<p>Sincerely,<br />
Prateek Shah<br />
Director</p>
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		<title>Comment on Support On Click (aka reading the fine print) by Linda</title>
		<link>http://ctaspley.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/support-on-click-aka-reading-the-fine-print/#comment-274</link>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I feel a right burk! I didn&#039;t check as after Sean said he was from Microsoft and I had been having blue screen problems for which I had hit the reported button, I thought that he was legit!  Silly me and I don&#039;t know what to do now.  
Any advise would be very welcome.  HELP!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I feel a right burk! I didn&#8217;t check as after Sean said he was from Microsoft and I had been having blue screen problems for which I had hit the reported button, I thought that he was legit!  Silly me and I don&#8217;t know what to do now.<br />
Any advise would be very welcome.  HELP!!!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Update on Support On Click &#8211; Police alert to Scam by Prateek Shah</title>
		<link>http://ctaspley.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/update-on-support-on-click-police-alert-to-scam/#comment-273</link>
		<dc:creator>Prateek Shah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi all,

I believe the forum moderators have been deleting my company&#039;s attempts to reply to your comments, which I feel is unfair on us. I hope that the objectivity of this post will help it remain on this forum.

I am a Director at Pecon, having joined the company 2 months ago after returning from USA. I believe this company has a genuine product that is beneficial to its customers, and while we have had incidents in the past where our sales agents have used unethical means to sell our product, we have taken stringent measures to correct this and I can confidently say that today none of our callers claim that they are from Microsoft or overcharge our customers (if they do so they are immediately terminated).

Having said that, there are some assumptions that this post makes that are really not valid - for instance, the police report does not at any point mention the name of the company making these calls, and we are not the only company that provides this service - in fact some of our past employees have absconded with our software and started similar companies.

Secondly, at no point do we install viruses that collect credit card data - this is simply an unverified claim made to exaggerate the gravity of the &quot;scam.&quot; 

Lastly, in the few cases where past employees of ours have made unethical sales, we have made a conscious effort, where given the opportunity, to make amends. Even now we stand by the policy that the grievances of any customer who feels unfairly treated will be swiftly addressed. 

The hullabaloo that this post and others like it have created, on the other hand, have caused us much inconvenience and loss. Customers who have benefited from our service and were well satisfied with it for 3 or even 6 months suddenly see such reports and take their money back. 

I sincerely hope that some of you will open your mind enough to check our product out before you judge us based on someone else&#039;s incorrect conclusions - most of the posts above are from people proudly claiming that they got a call from us, saw this website, and shooed us off, and this pattern just goes on and on. Very few of the posts provide any material objections, and to most of them I could make a reply given the opportunity. As for using the remote connection to usurp your computer and personal data behind your back, we use remote support software from a California-based company (Citrix GotoAssist), and they will tell you that such a thing is not possible.

I am aware that all you are trying to do is create awareness and increase computer users&#039; safety and security, but I assure you our company&#039;s objectives are much the same. We are not scammers and we are definitely not &quot;scum&quot; as someone above has called us. Just because we are Indian does not make us dishonest. Generalizing a few exceptional cases to defile the name of our company as a whole does not make you good reporters. 

I only hope the moderators of this forum will be open-minded enough not to delete this post simply because it&#039;s from an Indian IP address.

Sincerely,
Prateek Shah
Director</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I believe the forum moderators have been deleting my company&#8217;s attempts to reply to your comments, which I feel is unfair on us. I hope that the objectivity of this post will help it remain on this forum.</p>
<p>I am a Director at Pecon, having joined the company 2 months ago after returning from USA. I believe this company has a genuine product that is beneficial to its customers, and while we have had incidents in the past where our sales agents have used unethical means to sell our product, we have taken stringent measures to correct this and I can confidently say that today none of our callers claim that they are from Microsoft or overcharge our customers (if they do so they are immediately terminated).</p>
<p>Having said that, there are some assumptions that this post makes that are really not valid &#8211; for instance, the police report does not at any point mention the name of the company making these calls, and we are not the only company that provides this service &#8211; in fact some of our past employees have absconded with our software and started similar companies.</p>
<p>Secondly, at no point do we install viruses that collect credit card data &#8211; this is simply an unverified claim made to exaggerate the gravity of the &#8220;scam.&#8221; </p>
<p>Lastly, in the few cases where past employees of ours have made unethical sales, we have made a conscious effort, where given the opportunity, to make amends. Even now we stand by the policy that the grievances of any customer who feels unfairly treated will be swiftly addressed. </p>
<p>The hullabaloo that this post and others like it have created, on the other hand, have caused us much inconvenience and loss. Customers who have benefited from our service and were well satisfied with it for 3 or even 6 months suddenly see such reports and take their money back. </p>
<p>I sincerely hope that some of you will open your mind enough to check our product out before you judge us based on someone else&#8217;s incorrect conclusions &#8211; most of the posts above are from people proudly claiming that they got a call from us, saw this website, and shooed us off, and this pattern just goes on and on. Very few of the posts provide any material objections, and to most of them I could make a reply given the opportunity. As for using the remote connection to usurp your computer and personal data behind your back, we use remote support software from a California-based company (Citrix GotoAssist), and they will tell you that such a thing is not possible.</p>
<p>I am aware that all you are trying to do is create awareness and increase computer users&#8217; safety and security, but I assure you our company&#8217;s objectives are much the same. We are not scammers and we are definitely not &#8220;scum&#8221; as someone above has called us. Just because we are Indian does not make us dishonest. Generalizing a few exceptional cases to defile the name of our company as a whole does not make you good reporters. </p>
<p>I only hope the moderators of this forum will be open-minded enough not to delete this post simply because it&#8217;s from an Indian IP address.</p>
<p>Sincerely,<br />
Prateek Shah<br />
Director</p>
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		<title>Comment on Update on Support On Click &#8211; Police alert to Scam by DD</title>
		<link>http://ctaspley.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/update-on-support-on-click-police-alert-to-scam/#comment-272</link>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Prateek Shah, who claims to be a director of SupportOnClick, has left a comment over at http://www.bl0g.co.uk/20090923/support-on-click-scam-01274-900834-01274-449373/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Prateek Shah, who claims to be a director of SupportOnClick, has left a comment over at <a href="http://www.bl0g.co.uk/20090923/support-on-click-scam-01274-900834-01274-449373/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bl0g.co.uk/20090923/support-on-click-scam-01274-900834-01274-449373/</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on Update on Support On Click &#8211; Police alert to Scam by Gregory Gross</title>
		<link>http://ctaspley.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/update-on-support-on-click-police-alert-to-scam/#comment-270</link>
		<dc:creator>Gregory Gross</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Another attempt has been made.  While the operator did not say he was with MS Corp., he did indicate getting my phone number from them and to be calling in response to their direct request.  The more the operator thought I knew of what I was doing the more reticent he became.  (I&#039;m a desktop techie type.)  Each change in approach smacked of a confidence game.  </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another attempt has been made.  While the operator did not say he was with MS Corp., he did indicate getting my phone number from them and to be calling in response to their direct request.  The more the operator thought I knew of what I was doing the more reticent he became.  (I&#8217;m a desktop techie type.)  Each change in approach smacked of a confidence game.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Australian shops in spam subject by Uia Tereapii</title>
		<link>http://ctaspley.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/australian-shops-in-spam-subject/#comment-269</link>
		<dc:creator>Uia Tereapii</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi,i too just received an email from My Gift Rewards to state that i got a $500 voucher to spend at &#039;Good Guys&#039;. But i must also verify my email address to confirm it. Idid these survey just to,so thought,that i will earn some chips for my poker games that i was playing on bebo. But it lead me to something more longer than i expected!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi,i too just received an email from My Gift Rewards to state that i got a $500 voucher to spend at &#8216;Good Guys&#8217;. But i must also verify my email address to confirm it. Idid these survey just to,so thought,that i will earn some chips for my poker games that i was playing on bebo. But it lead me to something more longer than i expected!</p>
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