Search Results for "Fake Tech Support"
- Fun with Fake Tech Support
We have written about the dangers of working with “tech support” people who call out of the blue claiming to be from Microsoft or possibly your Internet service provider. Here are a couple of stories about people who turned the tables on these con artists. As a precaution, please rem...
- Fake Tech Support Claims To Be From Your ISP
We have all received a fake tech support call from someone claiming to be a Microsoft employee. Now there is a new twist on the scam involving a fake screen pop-up and tech support fakers who claim to be from your Internet service provider. Google has an extensive collection of fake tech support...
- Watch Out For Fake Tech Support Calls and Web Sites
In the July issue of Microsoft’s free Security for Home Computer Users newsletter(sign up here), there was an article entitled “Is that Call from Microsoft a Scam?” The answer in a nutshell was: yes, it is a scam. Microsoft is not going to call you. Neither is Hewlett Packar...
- WordPress JetPack Exploit Hijacks Websites for Tech-Support Scam
Bad actors are using compromised WordPress.com accounts and the popular Jetpack plugin to add a malicious plug-in of their own that turns compromised websites into a vehicle for perpetrating a fake tech support scam. Attackers are using stolen user names and passwords from other breaches and tryin...
- Retailing Hall of Shame – Office Depot Tech Support Scam
It was recently reported in Naked Security that a Seattle television news crew interviewed an Office Depot employee who alerted them to the practice of selling in-store repair scams to customers who came in looking for computer help. This whistle-blower told a story where employees where encourage...
- Fake Blue Screen Prompts Phone Call
Naked Security recently reported on a new ransomware exploit that looks like the infamous Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). The tactic this time is to trick you into calling a toll-free number for “support.” This is another variation of the “Fake Tech Support” scam tha...
- Bing Bans Online Tech Support Ads
I am always mystified when clients of mine fall for fake tech support phone calls or browser pop-ups. Didn’t their Mom tell them not to talk to strangers? After all, they are my clients, shouldn’t they be calling me FIRST? Naked Security reported on May 13th that Microsoft’s ...
- Please Stop Falling For Tech Support Scams
STOP THE MADNESS!! It drives me crazy when a client calls me AFTER spending an hour on the phone with some tech support scammer, and then thinks to call me after they have a problem “fixed” that they never had in the first place. One of my clients recently fell for an interesting varia...
- Bogus Computer Support Via Telemarketing
Recently I got a late night phone-call from a client, and in the background I could hear his computer telling him that it was infected with malware and that his problem could be solved by calling a certain phone number. This was being generated by a pop-up “security alert” window that ...
- FTC Takes Down Fake Telephone Support Operations
You are on your computer and get a pop-up telling you that your computer is horribly infected, and that you need to buy this special malware remover to fix your computer. During the installation process you are told to call an 800 number to complete registration and activation. $300 late...