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Tech support scammers are targeting mobile users, researchers say

Scammers have devised new ways to trick users into revealing personal information, hand over control of computers and pay for unnecessary software and tech support services, security experts warn. This type of cold-calling scam has become common in recent years, especially in English-speaking countries. Scammers use professional and technical language to gain users’ trust and ask them to download and install remote access programs on their computers. They then connect to those computers and open various system utilities like the Windows event viewer or registry editor to show victims errors.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2134283/tech-support-scammers-are-targeting-mobile-users–researchers-say.html

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