BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A tech support email scam is popping up in people’s inboxes, including some members of the WBRC ...

The current phone scam employs similar tricks ... Microsoft Tech Support, Windows Technical Department Support Group and Microsoft Research and Development Team. Microsoft said that the scammers ...

Microsoft unveils new scam detection software The tool will be available to Microsoft Edge users This could lead to an end to 'tech support scams' if widely adopted Microsoft has officially ...

Two tech support companies have agreed to pay $26 million ... Sign up If you believe you were affected by this particular scam, hold tight. The proposed order must be approved by a federal court ...

PHOENIX — Two citizens of India were recently indicted in connection with a tech support scam that targeted elderly Arizona victims, authorities announced Monday. Ahmed Maqbul Syed, 57 ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Scammers posing as tech support ... Center (IC3), scams like this resulted in ...

Microsoft has started testing a new "scareware blocker" feature for the Edge web browser on Windows PCs, which uses machine learning (ML) to detect tech support scams. Scareware scams (also known ...

Essentially, it’s an evolution of more general tech support scams that use several different imposters posing as tech support personnel as well as bank and government employees to appear more ...

Team behind the prank As part of the plan, Rober teamed up with Jim Browning, who has a dedicated channel to take on tech support scams. Trilogy Media, a duo dedicated to busting scammers ...

Just over 3,500 scams were reported to the Consumer Assistance Program through the AG’s office. The most common this year was computer tech support scams. That tricks people with alerts about ...