by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 1, 2021 | Scam of the day
Tech support scams are a profitable way for scammers to steal your money. I have been warning you about these scams for years. They come in a number of different varieties including pop up ads on your computer and telephone calls purportedly from Microsoft, Apple,...
by admin | Oct 10, 2018 | Scam of the day
Microsoft tech support scams continue to be a major problem with instances of the fraud being reported to Microsoft increasing by 24% last year. On average, victims were scammed out of between $200 and $400. I have been reporting to you about tech support scams...
by admin | Dec 14, 2017 | Scam of the day
According to a recent study just released by the Better Business Bureau, tech support scams continue to be a major problem for consumers, many of whom are cheated out of an average of $500 or, even worse, may unwittingly give access to their computer data to the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 8, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently there has been an upswing in a scam that has been with us for some time about which I have repeatedly warned you going back years. The scam starts with a telephone call that you receive purportedly from technical support at Microsoft. The caller informs you...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 11, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Scammers and identity thieves are quite adept at taking advantage of whatever concern people may have at any particular time and, as you are aware, the announcement by Microsoft that it would no longer be issuing security updates for the Microsoft XP operating system...
