Tech support scammers are modern-day con artists, preying on our deepest technological fears and vulnerabilities. Tammy of Flagler Beach, Florida, recently reached out to us with a concerning email: ...

Microsoft support scams are probably the oldest type of online scam, and they remain just as dangerous as they were a decade ago, perhaps even more so now with scammers having access to better ...

The Virus Alert from Microsoft tech support scam is a browser based scam that tries to trick people into thinking that Microsoft has detected that they are is infected and blocked their computer. They ...

The current phone scam employs similar tricks to that of a fake antivirus software scam, also known as scareware, circulating the Internet. Microsoft said that the live phone version of the scam ...

In brief: The web is populated with popup 'virus alerts' urging people to call the included phone numbers so the issues can be fixed. Tech-savvy users know these are scams, most of which originate ...

Tech support scams are bigger than ever, according to Microsoft, the company revealing last week that it received over 153,000 reports from customers who were the victims of a tech support scam in ...

Criminals are a tricky bunch. One of their favorite scams targets those who own a computer, but lack any real technical knowledge other than how to browse the Web. The scam starts with a call that ...

Cutting corners: Amazon and Microsoft have collaborated with India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to bust fake tech support centers that affected over 2,000 of their customers, mainly in the ...