However, you shouldn’t follow the directions on the screen. They’re called tech support scams, and they can be pretty alarming. Scammers want you to pay for services you don’t need to fix a ...

The current phone scam employs similar tricks to that of ... Windows Service Center, Microsoft Tech Support, Windows Technical Department Support Group and Microsoft Research and Development ...

The FTC announced its latest refund program for scam victims on ... they were from established tech brands designed to make credulous viewers call them for tech support. Anyone who called was ...

The cybersecurity firm Guardio found a 573% rise in tech support scams when comparing just the recent six months to the previous period. “They really try and plant that sense of urgency into the ...

It sounds heartless, but don’t jump to give ransom, even if you hear screams in the background ... those later problems to that scam call. The fake tech support put it in your head that your ...

It was almost an hour into our Google Meet call. I was interviewing Kitboga, a popular YouTube scam baiter with nearly 3.7 ...

The scams are multi-step affairs and they're only getting more common. Here's how it works: A scammer pretends to be a tech support representative, and contacts a victim over phone or email ...