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- Technical_support_scam abstract "A technical support scam (often abbreviated tech support scam) refers to phone fraud that claims to be a legitimate technical support service. It can either begin by a cold call, usually from a legitimate-sounding third-party like "Microsoft" or "Windows" or it could begin with an unsuspecting user searching for commercial technical support via a popular search engine such as Bing or Google. Remote desktop software is used to connect to the victim's computer, and the scammer then uses a variety of confidence tricks that employ various Windows components and utilities (such as the Event Viewer), third-party utilities (such as rogue security software), and reference sites like Wikipedia or summaries written by security companies to make the victim believe that the computer has issues that need to be fixed, before proceeding for the victim to pay for "support". These scams usually target users, such as senior citizens, who are unfamiliar with the tools used in the process, especially when initiated by cold calls.In English-speaking countries such as the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, such cold call scams have occurred as early as 2008.".
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- Technical_support_scam wikiPageWikiLinkText "Technical support scam".
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- Technical_support_scam subject Category:Confidence_tricks.
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- Technical_support_scam subject Category:Telephone_crimes.
- Technical_support_scam comment "A technical support scam (often abbreviated tech support scam) refers to phone fraud that claims to be a legitimate technical support service. It can either begin by a cold call, usually from a legitimate-sounding third-party like "Microsoft" or "Windows" or it could begin with an unsuspecting user searching for commercial technical support via a popular search engine such as Bing or Google.".
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