The majority of the 61 tech support scams examined for the study appeared to be located in India, likely a function of India's outsourced call center industry for English-speaking corporations.

INDIA — JULY 22, 2021 — Microsoft today released findings of its 2021 Global Tech Support Scam Research report that looks at tech support scams and their impact on consumers. Findings showed that ...

Tech support scams are becoming increasingly common nowadays, in which people pose as official representatives from a company and in the process of apparently "fixing" an issue in your device or ...

India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided 76 locations in a nationwide crackdown on cybercrime operations behind tech support scams and cryptocurrency fraud. The police operation, part ...

India’s tech support scam industry sprang from its boom in genuine outsourced call centres in the early 2000s, journalist Snigdha Poonam tells Undercover Asia. Poonam, ...

Tech support scams are some of the most common methods of fraud, particularly targeting older demographics.Usually imitating a legitimate company’s customer service or IT department, tech ...

US & Canada News News: An Indian-origin man has agreed to pay more than $136,000 and to a permanent ban on offering tech support services as part of a settlement with US fed ...

Bothered by the ever-increasing prevalence of tech support phone scams? When you have some time to listen, check out the Reply All podcast’s two-part “Long Distance” show. It documents host Alex ...