Some time ago we described how to spot tech support scam – a typical computer access fraud that the IT community is talking about more and more these days. Sadly, scamming affects both users’ private data and vendors’ reputation, as most fraudsters tend to present themselves as well-known software providers. We’ve been following all the ongoing discussions about this issue and recently finally got a call from one of our customers that helped us start an in-depth investigation to find and penalize the criminals.
We’d like to share this story and hope that our customers and other businesses might find it helpful in fighting back against “Tech Support” scams. [Read more…] about Fight on “Microsoft Support” Scams