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Source: At FTC?s Request, Court Shuts Down New York-Based Tech Support Scam Business | Federal Trade CommissionAt the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has shut down a company that scammed computer users by tricking them into paying hundreds of dollars for technical support services they did not need, as well as software that was otherwise available for free.
Freezing assets is nice, fines are cool, but they need to spend time BEHIND BARS.
Freezing assets sounds good but the big money is probably in a account in a country where they will be very difficult to get.
Very very very long time in prison would be a good starting place.
Above all the other punishment not being allowed to own or use a computer or any other device that connects to the internet either directly or indirectly should do it.
That's exactly what happened to someone at the Senior Center where my wife works. About 5 weeks ago a company that sounds very similar to that one cold called these people, told them they were affiliated with MS, remotely accessed their PC & charged them for "optimization" services & what they claimed was "their software." The tool they said was theirs was JRT. They charged them $199.00 for the software & a 3 year contract.
I advised the lady to contact her credit cards fraud division & see if there was anything they could do. Last time I saw her, she said the company was looking into what the options were.