Federal Trade Commission blocks fake support call scammers in Florida and New York. FTC sued several of these phony tech support companies for misrepresenting that they found security or performance issues on consumers computers. FTC claims that these guys have badgered consumers into parting with more than $120 million; in return, the consumers received technical smoke and mirrors that was worth absolutely nothing. In the most recent FTC case, the crooks have upped the game slightly, combining two scams into one. Instead of humans calling you up and shoe-horning you into paying up using lies, jargon, fear and one-on-one psychological pressure, they use malicious software.”]
Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/11/20/ftc-smackdown-more-fake-support-scammers-taken-out/