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A UK cybercrime vigilante was so incensed by tech support scammers he reverse-hacked the call centre in India to reveal CCTV footage of perpetrators as they ripped off their victims in real-life calls. During 2019, Browning said he was able to identify dozens of call centres in India where many of tech support scams targeting English speakers originate.
Mozilla is working on addressing a Firefox bug that has been exploited by tech support scammers to lock the browser when users visit specially crafted websites. read more
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The tech-support scammers were allegedly part of a network of crooks in the US and India who conned about 7,500 victims.
The United States Department of Justice this week announced the arrest of two individuals charged for participating in a long-term tech support fraud scheme. read more
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The defendants allegedly pulled in over $1.3 million over the course of about six years for unnecessary and undelivered tech support.
You're free to bash the Bishap A man has pleaded guilty in America to a single felony count for his role in a $3m tech support scam operation.…
Police raided 16 Indian call centers last week - a second big raid sparked by Microsoft filing complaints about tech support scammers.
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