Google and Facebook join forces to take down fake tech support scammers
Web giants Google and Facebook are striking back against tech support scammers who use the companies’ ad networks to snag victims.
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‘Charlatans and scammers’: Googler slams software firms
A Google engineer has labelled as “charlatans and scammers” vendors who sell anti-virus software for mobile phones after several of them criticised Google’s Android platform for allowing too much malware. The open source programs manager …
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Fake Microsoft scammers lure users into granting remote access to PCs – Computer Weekly
Hackers claiming to represent Microsoft are using phishing attacks to dupe UK residential and business PC users into paying for fake anti-malware software and services. The cyber criminals, claiming to represent a Microsoft partner company, E-Pro Solutions …
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U.S., Romanian law enforcement raid Internet scammers
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More than 100 alleged cyber criminals were targeted July 14 in Romania as part of an ongoing investigation by that country and the United States into an Internet fraud ring.
During the Romanian raids, law enforcement authorities in that nation executed 117 searches involving more than 100 individuals.
According to U.S. court documents, in many of the cases, conspirators located in Romania would post items for sale such as cars, motorcycles and boats on Internet auction and online Websites.
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