Tag "FTC scam"
Pop-up Ad Scam
Tech support scams can be difficult to detect, but one way to detect those scams is to know those pop up ads on your computer with messages like ‘SECURITY ALERT’ or ‘Urgent Notice: your data may be at risk’ – are signs
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VW’s False Clean Car Claims $10 Billion for Consumers
Volkswagen is agreeing to provide up to $10 billion to owners and lessees of VW and Audi 2.0 liter diesel cars that it claimed had low levels of harmful emissions, but did not, this comes under a partial settlement filed by
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FTC Adds Defendants to Charges in Ongoing Tech Support Scam Case
Three new defendants were added to the Federal Trade Commission in an ongoing case against a tech support scam. The scheme allegedly bilked consumers out of tens of millions of dollars by pretending to represent Microsoft, Apple, and other major
Read MoreFTC Shutters $120 Million Tech Support, Bogus Software Scam
Threat Post – Earlier this week a federal court in Florida issued a temporary restraining order shutting down a series of organizations in the business of peddling fake software and nonexistent tech support services, temporarily freezing the assets of those
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