Fwd: Court tells tech support scammers to pay up

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From: Federal Trade Commission <subscribe@subscribe.ftc.gov>
Date: Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:34 AM
Subject: Court tells tech support scammers to pay up
To: iammejtm@gmail.com

Court tells tech support scammers to pay up by Nicole Vincent Fleming Consumer Education Specialist A U.S. District Court recently ordered the operators of several international tech support scams to pay more than $5.1 million for convincing people that their computers were riddled with viruses and then charging for bogus support services. We've written before about tech support scammers. They call and claim to work for well-known companies like Microsoft, Norton or McAfee. They say your computer is infected with malware and then ask for remote access so they can "fix" it. Or they place ads in online search results to trick you into calling them. Read more >   SUBSCRIBER SERVICES:  Manage Preferences  |  Unsubscribe  |  Help This is a free service provided by the Federal Trade Commission.

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