Technical support scam
id:
technical-support-scam-184-1128430
title:
Technical support scam
text:
A technical support scam, or tech support scam, is a type of scam in which a scammer claims to offer a legitimate technical support service. Victims contact scammers in a variety of ways, often through fake pop-ups resembling error messages or via fake "help lines" advertised on websites owned by the scammers. Technical support scammers use social engineering and a variety of confidence tricks to persuade their victim of the presence of problems on their computer or mobile device, such as a malw
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Type of fraud and confidence trick
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_support_scam
date created:
2014-03-28T04:29:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T02:16:53Z
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13
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