[justlurking]

The Federal Trade Commission has added three new defendants to an ongoing case against a tech support scam with ties to Connecticut.

The FTC should just hand this case to the FBI. This isn't a civil action -- it's a criminal offense.

[KeyLargo]

Exposed: Scam company impersonates cybersecurity brands, tricks hundreds out of money

A sham online tech support firm has been found extorting innocent people out of hundreds of dollars to do absolutely nothing, then ‘revenge breaking’ their computers, all while riding on the coat tails of legitimate security firms

http://www.information-age.com/technology/security/123461483/exposed-scam-company-impersonates-cybersecurity-brands-tricks-hundreds-out-money

[KeyLargo]

Phone Scam ‘Onslaught’ Has Authorities Scrambling
WSJ video ^ | 5/27/2016

Posted on 5/27/2016, 9:17:06 AM by KeyLargo

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3434445/posts