by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 4, 2021 | Scam of the day
Geek Squad is a subsidiary of big box store chain Best Buy and it offers excellent tech support for electronic devices including televisions and computers. They are a popular company used by many people including the Scamicide reader who forwarded the email copied...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 13, 2021 | Scam of the day
Clever scam artists are increasingly setting up phony websites that appear to be for customer service or tech support of many of the companies with which we do business. Often they either purchase an ad to appear at the top of a search engine search or they...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 29, 2021 | Scam of the day
The Goochland, Virginia Sheriff recently issued a warning about remote access scams. These scams are part of the larger tech support scams and occur when you either see a pop-up ad on your computer or receive a phone call from someone posing as an employee of a tech...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 24, 2020 | Scam of the day
Clever scam artists, the only criminals we refer to as artists are increasingly setting up phony websites that appear to be for customer service or tech support of many of the companies with which we do business. They also purchase telephone numbers that are a single...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 19, 2020 | Scam of the day
Tech support scams in which consumers are tricked by scammers into believing there is a problem with their computers that require the expensive services of the scammers is a major problem. Tech support scams are increasingly common and victimize consumers 60 years or...
