by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 13, 2019 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has just announced that it is mailing refund checks to the victims of a tech support scam perpetrated by Troth Solutions. The funds for this refund are derived from a settlement between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the State...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
It was just about seven weeks ago that I told you about the arrest of 24 people in New Delhi, India on charges related to operating a tech support scam. Now Indian law enforcement officers working with Microsoft located a major fake tech support call center also...
by admin | Oct 24, 2018 | Scam of the day
At one time Apple computer users believed that they were not as vulnerable to scams as Microsoft users because scammers focused their attention on Microsoft and the Windows operating system. While this may have been true at one time, it certainly is not true any...
by admin | May 10, 2018 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has just announced that it is mailing refund checks to the victims of a tech support scam perpetrated by Universal Network Solutions. This company used pop-ups on their victims’ computers that appeared to come from Microsoft...
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...
