CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Scammers are posing as tech support representatives from major companies like Microsoft, Google, or Apple, attempting to deceive users into giving up sensitive information. Despite ...

Tech support scams have risen significantly in recent years. According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, consumers and businesses lost almost a billion dollars ($924,512,658) to tech support ...

Amazon isn’t waiting for holiday chaos to kick in. The company recently sent a rare global warning to hundreds of millions of customers, urging them to be on high alert for a rising wave of ...

Now, consumers will be protected even if they initiate a call to a tech support scammer. Now, consumers will be protected even if they initiate a call to a tech support scammer. is a former news ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. You have been warned. This threat is now surging and has more than ...

(TNS) — Pennsylvania State Police are alerting the public of scams involving individuals claiming to be from computer tech support. Individuals are receiving an increased number of these types of scam ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Republished on February 2 with new reports of fraudulent calls from ...

The FTC is amending its Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) to better protect consumers from tech support scams. The new rules cover not just incoming telemarketing calls but also outgoing calls from ...

In an odd approach to trying to improve customer tech support, HP allegedly implemented mandatory, 15-minute wait times for people calling the vendor for help with their computers and printers in ...