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There’s been an increase in people reporting tech support scams for an assortment of electronic devices. Federal authorities say scammers pretending to be associated with such tech companies as Google, Apple and Microsoft have been siphoning millions of dollars from unsuspecting victims.
The Justice Department recently announced the sentencing of 24 defendants who ran what the agency described as “the first-ever large scale, multi-jurisdiction prosecution targeting the India call center scam industry.”
Underscoring how rampant the plots are, the Federal Trade Commission also recently warned consumers about tech support schemes and how some fraudsters send pop-up messages to your screen to get you to think you’re having computer issues.
Many of them will offer free “security” scans, or even go to the extent of setting up bogus websites “to convince you that your computer is infected,” the FTC says on its website.
To guard yourselves from these malicious people, you need to be aware of the many ways these crooks try to get you to depart from your money:
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This post was last modified on January 7, 2019 12:19 pm
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