Scammers posing as Microsoft support technicians continue to work the phones in search of victims, the company said last week, and have, in fact, grown bolder in their tactics. And in the last few ...

Companies sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Microsoft for allegedly defrauding consumers with worthless Windows technical support have spun tales involving flakey Internet connections, it ...

The leader of a tech support fraud scheme was sentenced to seven years in prison after tricking at least 6,500 victims and generating more than $6 million. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, ...

The Tech Support Scam starts with what appears to be a helping hand to fix a technical glitch. The criminals will send a message by phone, email or text to convince you that you need help. With so ...

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — After a New Castle man lost almost $19,000 in a technical support scam, Pennsylvania State Police are advising the public on what to look out for so they can avoid falling victim to ...

Five men were charged in an indictment in connection with a transnational technical support scam that targeted more than 20,000 victims, many of whom were elderly, in the United States and Canada, ...

CLIFTON, NJ (IANS- ) A 40-year-old here, has been arrested in connection with a technical support scam that targeted more than 7,000 victims. Manoj Yadav defrauded victims — consisting mainly of small ...

NEW YORK — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued an alert about the rise in technical support scams spreading across the country. FBI field offices in Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Boston and ...

I am in the UK and had a few of these calls about 6 months ago (and many missed calls during the day when I was at work with a witheld number, that I suspect were them too). I hadnt heard of these ...

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