The Federal Trade Commission has put a stop to a handful of tech-support scams based mainly in India that promised to remove viruses or other malware from users’ computers. The scams primarily involved telemarketers contacting people in the United States and other English-speaking countries, falsely telling them that their computers were infected with malware and offering costly solutions to the nonexistent problems. The news comes a day after a U.S. judge slapped a $163 million on several defendants in a similar case.
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FTC Slams Door on Tech Support Scammers
Posted by: Rachelle Dragani October 3, 2012 11:03 AMThe Federal Trade Commission has put a stop to a handful of tech-support scams based mainly in India that promised to remove viruses or other malware from users’ computers. The scams primarily involved telemarketers contacting people in the United States and other English-speaking countries, falsely telling them that their computers were infected with malware and offering costly solutions to the nonexistent problems. The news comes a day after a U.S. judge slapped a $163 million on several defendants in a similar case.