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Office Depot  and a California-based tech support software provider,  Support.com  will  pay $25 Million & $10 Million  respectively to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for  pushing innocent users  into buying the products they didn’t need. According to a recent FTC press release, the agency will use the entire settlement amount to  issue refunds to the customers impacted by the treacherous  Tech Support Scam  cascaded by Office Depot & Support.com. The devious practices of Office Depot were  exposed by Jesse Jones ’ undercover investigation, a renowned news personality from Kiro 7 News Channel. Joe Simons, the Chairman of FTC said that protecting the computers from malware, virus & other cyber threats is an arduous task for the customers. Further, he added that a case like this should send a strong message to the companies that  swindling the users into buying expensive services they do not need can...

Claim Your Car and Check with your Winning Code Does the subject of the email appeal you? If yes, then you surely are clueless of  Email scams . Falling for an email scam is something that can happen to anyone. It’s a frightening concept & often results in undiluted panic. Crafted to appear legitimate, fraudulent emails disguise renowned banks or other trusted sources with the main motive being to yank user’s chain. A recent instance of hoax emails compel users to provide their  full name, address & mobile numbers  in lieu to winning a free 2018 BMW 2 Series M240i . The  BMW Lottery Scam  tricks you to think that you have won a BMW car. However, users are required to reply to the email with the personal information it demands to claim the prize. A reply to the email may appear secure & healthy; however, it definitely entraps users in an array of negatives. It is not uncommon that threat actors may reply to the email to seek more informa...

Another Tech Support Scam associated with McAfee was reported last week after a user was asked to provide his credit card details & personal information to renew the anti-virus subscription. The scammers aim of stealing user’s sensitive information & earning illicit commissions on the subscription purchase. Tech Support Scams refers to communication frauds wherein a scammer claims to offer a licit technical support service & use scare tricks to make victims pay for unnecessary technical support services like fixing a manipulated device, platform, or antivirus problems. How a Tech Support Scam works? In the event, scammers call the victims & claim to be technical experts or representatives of the renowned companies like Apple or Microsoft. Other scammers bombard the victim’s screen with pop-up warnings of a detected virus or malware. After earning the trust of innocent users, they ask the users to install certain applications that provide them remote access to u...

Guide to Remove Google Chrome Critical ERROR Scam Pop-up Have you encountered the above Error message on your browser screen? It seems like you are in a mush. Google Chrome Critical ERROR  is a misleading advertising pop-up displayed to trick users to call a fake support service and demand a whooping amount from them to fix the issue that never existed. The error is known to be associated with a scamming network. The browsers targeted by this networking scam include: Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox Microsoft Edge Internet Explorer History of Critical ERROR scams Google Chrome  Critical ERROR  scam has evolved from different forms of red screen scams. The  RDN/YahLover.worm!055BCCAC9FEC Infection Popup  is one such scam spotted earlier in August this year. The error message displayed in the Pop-Up is misleading to scare users into thinking that their computer is infected with the imaginary  RDN/YahLover.worm!055BCCAC9FEC  computer viru...

It is becoming increasingly difficult to track the different ways that scammers are employing these days. Be it fraud phone calls, phishing emails, lottery scams, bit coin scams, donation scams, credit and debit card fraud and SIM Swap Scam. People are being scammed everyday by cyber miscreants by acquiring the personal details and sensitive information of a user. Many unsuspecting users have fallen into the trap laid out by these cyber crooks. http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-8755494-12785139 The customers of TSB Bank were affected by SIM swap scam due to the chaos created in the aftermath of a mishandled IT upgrade done by the bank. This affected 1.9 million customers who were unable to access online banking services of the TSB Bank. An exact number couldn’t be confirmed on the total users scammed but there were reports where the victim saw their accounts being emptied. The user was made aware after he received a notification for a SIM swap which wasn’t requested by him. £2,50...

Guide to remove “Yahoo Customer Reward Program Scam” Pop- up Yahoo Customer Reward Program  , the pop-up message that appears during user browsing sessions may appear alluring and tempt users to click on it. However, the pop- up is deceitful and is a part of a scam campaign that aims to steal user personal information and financial credentials. In order to look legitimate and trick users, the scam could feature official logo of the company. Insights from official sources reveal that Yahoo does not provide direct customer support emails, phone number or reward programs to its clients. Scammers usually adopt the common practice of impersonating popular brands or websites to entrap users in their malicious campaign. Users are therefore recommended to refrain from clicking on such deceiving pop- ups as it may lead to compromising their confidential data or make their computer susceptible to other system infections. The main reason why “Yahoo Customer Reward Program” pop-up is di...

Many Apple iPhone users have been receiving a notification message alerting them that their iPhone has a Fake ‘  Apple Security Virus Detected  ’ threat. If they don’t take immediate action then their iPhone will be prone to viruses and there is a chance that they might end up losing all their data. This Notification is shown to the user if the Safari or Chrome Browser has been infected by an adware. The  adware displays these notifications to bait the user into giving out their login credentials for iCloud account or their banking details. Many users panic and are scared when they see this message as it is made to look authentic and is designed to feel that there really is a threat which is affecting their iPhone. The  user should not click ‘OK’  or have any kind of interaction with the notification message. If the user is not careful then the notification message can redirect the user to new threats or websites which can ask for login credentials in orde...

An airdrop is an act of dropping supplies, troops or equipment through aircraft using a parachute. In the virtual space, an airdrop refers to giving out free cryptocurrency to users as a marketing strategy. An airdrop is used to get the buzz going in the community for a new offering in the market. Airdrops are used mostly to increase the user activity for that offering and attract potential investors and enthusiasts. Airdrops are a method for marketing but also have been used to scam the general populace! Airdrops are an easy and convenient way to make the people interested in the new offerings. People are offered free cryptocurrency to drive up the interest and increase the support value for the project. Bitcoin airdrop scams are used to lure users, who look out for free coins. These people are then scammed in different ways. The bitcoin airdrop is advertised using social media profiles, telegram chats and user group chats. The targeted users are then asked to perform a variet...

These ads may sound tempting and many football fans would want to make easy money by betting on the game.  However, the host nation Russia has warned the football enthusiasts to beware of growing number of hoax emails and messages. The scams fraudulently claim to be associated with FIFA World Cup 2018 Russia. These scams invite recipients to submit a tender or inform recipients to have won a lottery prize. In order to receive the price money, recipients are persuaded to provide personal information or bank details to initiate the process. In some cases recipients are even asked to send the money as upfront payment to enter the tender process. FIFA World Cup 2018 Coca-Cola Lottery scam emails have following traits: 1. It appears to come from financial institution and looks official. 2. The email may contain Pin Code Number, Winning number, or some Bonus number and appears to be delivered by Coca Cola. 3. In order to gain user confidence the mail may also include a false cheque....