Malwarebytes has been actively engaged in the fight against tech support scammers overseas, but also here at home in the U.S. Cold calls purporting to be from Windows are still making the rounds, but increasingly they are being superseded by fake browser alerts. In 2014, the FTC announced that the defendants had settled and have been required to surrender all of their assets to a court receiver. In some cases, scammers will even harass their marks and use their identity to commit additional fraud.”]