At FTC’s Request, Court Shuts Down New York-Based Tech Support Scam Bu

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  1. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #10

    True another one will pop up.
    If you lock up the ones that are caught long enough they won't be doing such things for decades. Once the word get out if your caught the price you pay in many years in a Buba or Bubaet prison the attacks will slow down.

    The penalties have to be raised or it will never slow down.
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  2. Posts : 5,941
    Linux CENTOS 7 / various Windows OS'es and servers
       #11

    Hi there

    Asset seizure is better than nothing. However probably difficult to get hold of most of the assets and the money will long have gone to some off shore untouchable bank account.

    The best punishment is SERIOUS JAIL TIME in a TOUGH PRISON.

    Cheers
    jimbo
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  3. Posts : 173
    Win7 64
       #12

    I think they may be just the American branch.
    The times that I got calls from this same scam, in the background, It sounded like a lot of people involved.

    In Aust, After M$ support, they also tried Telstra support too.

    There were replies from England too.

    They need to track these peoples contacts too, ie business partners, relatives, anyone they have been in contact with.
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  4. Posts : 26,869
    Windows 11 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #13

    I agree. I just got a call from one and kept them on the phone as long as I could. They eventually hung up on me.
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  5. Posts : 1,449
    Windows 7 ultimate 64-bit
       #14

    This does not surprise me at all. It seems these evil doers just want a piece of our hard earned $ these days just like a ordinary thief.
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  6. Posts : 1,449
    Windows 7 ultimate 64-bit
       #15

    jimbo45 said:
    Hi there

    Asset seizure is better than nothing. However probably difficult to get hold of most of the assets and the money will long have gone to some off shore untouchable bank account.

    The best punishment is SERIOUS JAIL TIME in a TOUGH PRISON.

    Cheers
    jimbo
    Totally agree with ya here jimbo!; These holes need to do time in a serious confinement place.
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  7. Posts : 1,653
    Windows 10 Pro. EFI boot partition, full EFI boot
       #16

    essenbe said:
    I'm glad they are finally doing something. It's about time.
    +=1, lets hope this is a trend.
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  8. Posts : 1,850
    Windows 7 pro
       #17

    My brother got a call from someone claiming to be from Microsoft saying that they had identified an issue with his computer. They pointed him to a website that offered remote support capabilities. He then hung up. I've dealt with a few techs from their premium server support services for my job so I know that they just don't call people up so I told him that if they try to contact him again not to answer and block the number. Microsoft waits for people to call them and not the other way around.
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