Tech Support Scams Continue to Evolve One day last week, I was looking at freeware picks, and site picks, and evaluating them for possible inclusion in our newsletters. I had 12-15 tabs open at the time, when suddenly, what to my bloodshot eyes should appear? This: And accompanying these ominous warnings including “There is a great threat of… Read More »
Warning: An Old Cell Phone Scam Is Back An old cell phone scam is back – and it’s bigger than ever. Scammers using auto-dialers, dial hundreds of thousands of cell phone numbers. They use 3-digit area codes that look like U. S. area codes, but they’re not. The idea of the scam is to get the victim to… Read More »
Warning: Beware of Driver Scams We published this article several months ago…and wouldn’t you know… things have only gotten worse since then. Driver scams abound. There are so many of them out there now, that whenever you search for drivers you’ll find more results for scams and malware than you will for factual, helpful information. And how are… Read More »
Tech Support Scams, Microsoft Support Scams: Scams Scams Everywhere! We published this article in May 2017 – focusing then on the Microsoft support scams going around at the time. This is a big update to that post and we’ve included even more screen shots of Microsoft tech support scams and other tech support scams – the ones you… Read More »
Tech Support Scams are Everywhere We featured this article several months ago, but we are reprising it because so many people are getting fooled by scams similar to the one we describe in this article. We don’t want it to happen to you. Knowledge is power and knowing what to do if scammers try to trick you can… Read More »
Driver Scams Are Thriving… Beware! You know what makes me angry? You know what makes me so angry I could gnaw the bark off a Maple tree? Companies that stoop to fraud and deceit to lure and trick people into downloading, installing or buying something… most of the time something worthless. And few do this better than companies that make… Read More »