Support desk scams – some updates
Having been blogging this topic for quite a while, I figure this might be a good time to highlight some of the snippets of information that people have posted on some of those blogs: as the comments I...
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More about PC support scams. First, here’s a somewhat free translation of part of an article at...
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For Virus Bulletin, Martijn Grooten recounts in Phone support scammers attempt repeat business how – a year after the encounter with ‘Clinton’ that he talked about in our joint presentation (with Craig...
View ArticleAnother tech support scam resource
Added to the resources page at http://avien.net/blog/pc-support-scam-resources/: a blog for ESET on support scams. To be precise, how support scammers sometimes convince you that they’re providing...
View ArticleTech support, accident insurance and PPI scams
An article by me for ESET that I should have posted here ages ago: Scams: Tech Support, Accident Insurance, PPI, Oh My My. Of course, Indian call centres don’t spend all their time (and waste ours) on...
View ArticleAlleged US support scam site temporarily shut down
This is one of my articles for IT Security UK about the FTC securing an injunction against Pairsys Inc, which (according to The Register) is is “banned from deceptive telemarketing practices, and may...
View ArticleSupport desk scams – some updates
Having been blogging this topic for quite a while, I figure this might be a good time to highlight some of the snippets of information that people have posted on some of those blogs: as the comments I...
View ArticleMore about Dorifel as a scammer ploy, and Ammyy warns of misuse of its service
More about PC support scams. First, here’s a somewhat free translation of part of an article at...
View ArticleSupport scammers & repeat business
For Virus Bulletin, Martijn Grooten recounts in Phone support scammers attempt repeat business how – a year after the encounter with ‘Clinton’ that he talked about in our joint presentation (with Craig...
View ArticleAnother tech support scam resource
Added to the resources page at https://avien.net/blog/pc-support-scam-resources/: a blog for ESET on support scams. To be precise, how support scammers sometimes convince you that they’re providing...
View ArticleTech support, accident insurance and PPI scams
An article by me for ESET that I should have posted here ages ago: Scams: Tech Support, Accident Insurance, PPI, Oh My My. Of course, Indian call centres don’t spend all their time (and waste ours) on...
View ArticleAlleged US support scam site temporarily shut down
This is one of my articles for IT Security UK about the FTC securing an injunction against Pairsys Inc, which (according to The Register) is is “banned from deceptive telemarketing practices, and may...
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