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Tech support scammers are modern-day con artists, preying on our deepest technological fears and vulnerabilities. Tammy of Flagler Beach, Florida, recently reached out to us with a concerning email:
• Don't use internet search engines to find AOL contact info, as they may lead you to malicious websites and support scams. Always go directly to AOL Help Central for legitimate AOL customer support. • Never click suspicious-looking links. Hover over hyperlinks with your cursor to preview the destination URL.
Scammers target a variety of people, though research by Microsoft suggests that millennials (defined by Microsoft as age 24-37) and people part of generation Z (age 18-23) have the highest exposure to tech support scams and the Federal Trade Commission has found that seniors (age 60 and over) are more likely to lose money to tech support scams.
People pretending to be Microsoft employees are calling homeowners and telling them their computer has a "serious virus." But to "fix" the problem, people are being told to pay a fee and give the ...
AOL Mail is focused on keeping you safe while you use the best mail product on the web. One way we do this is by protecting against phishing and scam emails though the use of AOL Official Mail. When we send you important emails, we'll mark the message with a small AOL icon beside the sender name.
Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...
Among the terms and conditions of 31 cloud-computing services in January-July 2010, operating in England: [6] 27 specified the law to be used (a US state or other country) most specify that consumers can claim against the company only in a particular city in that jurisdiction, though often the company can claim against the consumer anywhere
The Tiny Banker Trojan has been used by international tech support scam call centers as a pretext to connect to a victim's computer and make fraudulent charges. [7] Scammers will claim the victim's bank account has been hacked with the Tiny Banker Trojan and in order to secure the bank funds, the victim will be pressured to purchase gift cards ...