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Don’t fall victim to the scammers!

They're after one thing -- money. And when they can't get it, they'll resort to any means necessary.

A few weeks ago, sophisticated scammers tricked Google into replacing its very top search result for Amazon.com with their own perfectly spoofed ad, which pointed to a Windows tech support scam.
The aim was simple enough: Convince the hapless "victim" that their system was under attack by hackers or malware, and that they should call a number listed on the page.
We published that story. But after we posted, we realized the spoofed ad was only one part of the story.
These Windows tech support scams aren't new -- they've been around for years -- and their motives and reasons vary by scammer.
Many of these scammers struggle nowadays because most people today know not to take suspicious or unsolicited phone calls. So, some scammers have figured out that to gain their trust, the victim has to call them. What better way than a perfectly spoofed malicious ad from a trusted search engine? The scam begins then, and it plays out in a carefully crafted, methodical way, drawing in the victim ever further one step at a time.
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“We talked to Windows tech support scammers zdnet”
http://www.zdnet.com/article/why-you-should-never-talk-to-windows-tech-support-scammers/
By Zack Whittaker for Zero Day | February 22, 2017 -- 13:00 GMT (05:00 PST) | Topic: Security

We talked to Windows tech support scammers. Here's why you shouldn't They're after one thing -- money. And when they can't get it, they'll resort to any means necessary.

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