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Fraudsters impersonate victims’ ISPs in new tech support scam
Suspicious ads help provide the scammers with all the info they need.
David Bisson | June 23, 2016 9:36 am | Filed under: Malware, Security threats
Tech support scams have been around for quite some time. As a result, it’s no surprise these these ruses are growing in number and sophistication.
A tech support scam used to only consist of unknown fraudsters messing around with fake anti-virus alerts, or cold-calling potential victims pretending to be Microsoft and offering to help with a virus infection.
Not anymore.
Resellers of legitimate computer security software have been getting caught up in the scamming game. Not only that, but some scams are leveraging advanced techniques like computer lock screens to trick unsuspecting users.
It would now appear scammers have added yet another tactic to get what they want: impersonating a victim’s Internet Service Provider (ISP).
This new tech support scam begins with a pop-up message that interrupts a user’s browsing session. The message appears to come from the victim’s ISP, with Malwarebytes having detected several messages that claimed to originate from several popular U.S., Canadian, and UK Internet Service Providers including AT&T, ComCast, and TalkTalk.
Read at:
https://www.grahamcluley.com/2016/06/fraudsters-impersonate-victims-isp-new-tech-support-scam/
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