Technical support scam (English Wikipedia)

Weiss, Gary (June 12, 2019). "How Scammers Use Gift Cards to Steal Your Money". AARP. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2019.

abc.net.au (Global: 139^th place; English: 108^th place)

Wright, Patrick (August 3, 2021). "This new scam cost Julia $100k. Here's how it works - ABC Everyday". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

ap.org (Global: 1,596^th place; English: 964^th place)

bigstory.ap.org

Washington state sues firm, alleges tech support scam Archived December 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Associated Press, December 16, 2015

archive.today (Global: 14^th place; English: 14^th place)

"Fake Indian call centre attempting to scam Telstra customers". 9news.com.au. February 28, 2019. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

arstechnica.com (Global: 388^th place; English: 265^th place)

Brodkin, Jon (October 3, 2012). "Hello, I'm definitely not calling from India. Can I take control of your PC?". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on November 21, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
Brodkin, Jon (November 25, 2013). "Fake tech support scam is trouble for legitimate remote help company". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
Gallagher, Sean (January 27, 2021). ""You took so much time to joke me"—two hours trolling a Windows support scammer". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
Anderson, Nate (May 19, 2014). "Inside the US government's war on tech support scammers". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on December 31, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
Farivar, Cyrus (July 28, 2017). "How a podcaster managed to confront his tech support scammer, in person". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on December 31, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
Brodkin, Jon (March 4, 2015). "Tech support scammer threatened to kill man when scam call backfired". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on November 15, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
"Bing bans tech support ads—because they're mostly scams". Ars Technica. May 13, 2016. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
"Microsoft loses exclusivity in shaken up Yahoo search deal". Ars Technica. April 16, 2015. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.

arxiv.org (Global: 69^th place; English: 59^th place)

Miramirkhani, Najmeh; Starov, Oleksii; Nikiforakis, Nick (February 27, 2017). Dial One for Scam: A Large-Scale Analysis of Technical Support Scams. NDSS Symposium 2017. San Diego: Internet Society. pp. 1–15. arXiv:1607.06891. doi:10.14722/ndss.2017.23163.
Miramirkhani, Najmeh; Starov, Oleksii; Nikiforakis, Nick (2016). "Dial One for Scam: A Large-Scale Analysis of Technical Support Scams". Proceedings 2017 Network and Distributed System Security Symposium. arXiv:1607.06891. doi:10.14722/ndss.2017.23163. Retrieved November 28, 2023.

avclub.com (Global: 136^th place; English: 93^rd place)

McCarter, Reid (April 3, 2020). "Hacker breaks into scammers' CCTV cameras and computer records". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2022.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 8^th place; English: 10^th place)

Vaidyanathan, Rajini (March 8, 2020). "Confessions of a call-centre scammer". BBC News. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
"Death threat issued in bogus tech support call". BBC News. March 5, 2015. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
"Microsoft takes on tech support scammers". BBC News. December 19, 2014. Archived from the original on December 1, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
"US state accuses tech support firm of scamming users". BBC News. December 17, 2015. Archived from the original on June 25, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2022.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Graham Scott, Gini (2016). Scammed: Learn from the Biggest Consumer and Money Frauds How Not to Be a Victim. Allworth Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-62153-504-1. Archived from the original on February 18, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2017.

cnet.com (Global: 272^nd place; English: 225^th place)

Fowler, Bree (December 3, 2021). "Are you being scammed? Here's how to know and what to do". CNET. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
Whitney, Lance (December 19, 2014). "Microsoft combats tech support scammers with lawsuit". CNET. Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
Sherr, Ian (November 30, 2021). "People are fighting back against gift card scammers. Here's how". CNET. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

communications.gov.au (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Do not respond to scam pop-up messages in your web browser". www.communications.gov.au. Department of Communications and the Arts. October 30, 2015. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.

ctvnews.ca (Global: 768^th place; English: 482^nd place)

Flanagan, Ryan (November 18, 2019). "32 arrested at Indian call centre that targeted Canadians". CTV News. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
"Kitboga: The Internet star giving scammers a taste of their own medicine | CTV News". www.ctvnews.ca. April 4, 2019. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2019.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Miramirkhani, Najmeh; Starov, Oleksii; Nikiforakis, Nick (February 27, 2017). Dial One for Scam: A Large-Scale Analysis of Technical Support Scams. NDSS Symposium 2017. San Diego: Internet Society. pp. 1–15. arXiv:1607.06891. doi:10.14722/ndss.2017.23163.
Miramirkhani, Najmeh; Starov, Oleksii; Nikiforakis, Nick (2016). "Dial One for Scam: A Large-Scale Analysis of Technical Support Scams". Proceedings 2017 Network and Distributed System Security Symposium. arXiv:1607.06891. doi:10.14722/ndss.2017.23163. Retrieved November 28, 2023.

ftc.gov (Global: 3,796^th place; English: 2,268^th place)

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"Older adults hardest hit by tech support scams". Federal Trade Commission. March 7, 2019. Archived from the original on December 31, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
"Protecting Older Consumers" (PDF). Federal Trade Commission. October 18, 2020. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
"Protecting Older Consumers" (PDF). Federal Trade Commission. October 18, 2020. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
Fletcher, Emma (December 8, 2021). "Scammers prefer gift cards, but not just any card will do". Federal Trade Commission. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

consumer.ftc.gov

"How To Spot, Avoid, and Report Tech Support Scams". Federal Trade Commission. February 15, 2019. Archived from the original on December 18, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

hindustantimes.com (Global: 71^st place; English: 52^nd place)

Poonam, Snigdha; Bansal, Samarth (May 18, 2017). "Scare and sell: Here's how an Indian call centre cheated foreign computer owners". The Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on October 1, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
Dhankhar, Leena (March 4, 2020). "Udyog Vihar call centre duped at least 40,000 in 12 countries; 2 arrested". The Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2020.

indianexpress.com (Global: 60^th place; English: 43^rd place)

Staff writer (October 20, 2021). "Tech support scam on rise in India". Indian Express. IE Online Media Services.

malwarebytes.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

malwarebytes.com

"The Anatomy of Tech Support Scams" (PDF). Malwarebytes. October 18, 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
"Social Engineering". Malwarebytes. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.

blog.malwarebytes.com

Segura, Jérôme (November 2, 2016). "Tech support scammers abuse bug in HTML5 to freeze computers". Malwarebytes. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
Tsing, William (March 30, 2017). "Tech support scammers and their banking woes". Malwarebytes. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

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blog.malwarebytes.org

Segura, Jérôme. "Tech Support Scams - Help & Resource Page | Malwarebytes Unpacked". Malwarebytes. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.

microsoft.com (Global: 153^rd place; English: 151^st place)

microsoft.com

"Fraudulent Emails and Credit Card Scam Tips | Microsoft Security". www.microsoft.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2009. Retrieved October 18, 2025.

blogs.microsoft.com

Schrade, Mary (July 21, 2021). "Tech support scams adapt and persist in 2021, per new Microsoft research". Microsoft. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.

mybroadband.co.za (Global: low place; English: 9,886^th place)

"This is what a Microsoft tech support scam looks like". MyBroadband. March 15, 2016. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Yasir, Sameer; Kumar, Hari (December 17, 2020). "Indian Call-Center Plot Fooled Americans Into Paying Over $14 Million". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
Bhattacharjee, Yudhijit (January 27, 2021). "Who's Making All Those Scam Calls?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
Bhattacharjee, Yudhijit (January 27, 2021). "Who's Making All Those Scam Calls?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

nzherald.co.nz (Global: 435^th place; English: 276^th place)

Williams, Jolene (February 11, 2011). "Whistle at scam callers say police". NZ Herald. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

searchengineland.com (Global: 7,076^th place; English: 4,822^nd place)

"Despite Crackdowns, Tech Support Ads In Search Are Still Cause For Consumer Confusion" Archived March 28, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Search Engine Land, Ginny Marvin on August 5, 2014

selwynfoundation.org.nz (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Tech support scammers". www.selwynfoundation.org.nz. Retrieved December 23, 2023.

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nakedsecurity.sophos.com

"Busted scammer resorts to death threats". Naked Security. March 10, 2015. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
Vaas, Lisa (August 15, 2016). "Tech support scammer tricked into installing ransomware". Naked Security. Sophos. Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

techradar.com (Global: 1,521^st place; English: 944^th place)

Spadafora, Anthony (February 10, 2020). "Lock My PC fights tech support scammers with free recovery keys". TechRadar. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

theconversation.com (Global: 928^th place; English: 651^st place)

Whittaker, Jack; Button, Mark (June 21, 2021). "'Scambaiting': why the vigilantes fighting online fraudsters may do more harm than good". The Conversation. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

Arthur, Charles (July 18, 2012). "Virus phone scam being run from call centres in India". The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
Poonam, Snigdha (January 2, 2018). "The scammers gaming India's overcrowded job market". The Guardian. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
Arthur, Charles (September 22, 2021). "Microsoft drops partner accused of cold-call scam". The Guardian. Archived from the original on June 30, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2022.

thehindu.com (Global: 52^nd place; English: 35^th place)

Ramasubramanian, Sowmya (October 27, 2021). "Tech support scams have become top phishing threats, report says". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

thejournal.ie (Global: 2,703^rd place; English: 1,518^th place)

Hennessy, Michelle (August 23, 2014). "Be careful, scammers are still targeting Irish home phone users". TheJournal.ie. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

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Wang, Samuel (April 29, 2019). "Tech Support Scam Uses Iframe to Freeze Browsers". Trend Micro. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.

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Hunt, Troy (February 21, 2012). "Scamming the scammers – catching the virus call centre scammers red-handed". Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Arthur, Charles (July 18, 2012). "Virus phone scam being run from call centres in India". The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
"The Anatomy of Tech Support Scams" (PDF). Malwarebytes. October 18, 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
"Fraudulent Emails and Credit Card Scam Tips | Microsoft Security". www.microsoft.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2009. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
Yasir, Sameer; Kumar, Hari (December 17, 2020). "Indian Call-Center Plot Fooled Americans Into Paying Over $14 Million". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
Flanagan, Ryan (November 18, 2019). "32 arrested at Indian call centre that targeted Canadians". CTV News. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
Hennessy, Michelle (August 23, 2014). "Be careful, scammers are still targeting Irish home phone users". TheJournal.ie. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
Wright, Patrick (August 3, 2021). "This new scam cost Julia $100k. Here's how it works - ABC Everyday". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
Williams, Jolene (February 11, 2011). "Whistle at scam callers say police". NZ Herald. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
"This is what a Microsoft tech support scam looks like". MyBroadband. March 15, 2016. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
Poonam, Snigdha (January 2, 2018). "The scammers gaming India's overcrowded job market". The Guardian. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
Vaidyanathan, Rajini (March 8, 2020). "Confessions of a call-centre scammer". BBC News. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
"Social Engineering". Malwarebytes. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
Schrade, Mary (July 21, 2021). "Tech support scams adapt and persist in 2021, per new Microsoft research". Microsoft. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
"Older adults hardest hit by tech support scams". Federal Trade Commission. March 7, 2019. Archived from the original on December 31, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
"Protecting Older Consumers" (PDF). Federal Trade Commission. October 18, 2020. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
Segura, Jérôme. "Tech Support Scams - Help & Resource Page | Malwarebytes Unpacked". Malwarebytes. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
Weiss, Gary (June 12, 2019). "How Scammers Use Gift Cards to Steal Your Money". AARP. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
Harley, David (October 7, 2015). "Tech Support Scams: Top of the Pop-Ups". WeLiveSecurity. ESET. Archived from the original on July 27, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
"Do not respond to scam pop-up messages in your web browser". www.communications.gov.au. Department of Communications and the Arts. October 30, 2015. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
Segura, Jérôme (November 2, 2016). "Tech support scammers abuse bug in HTML5 to freeze computers". Malwarebytes. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
Wang, Samuel (April 29, 2019). "Tech Support Scam Uses Iframe to Freeze Browsers". Trend Micro. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
Brodkin, Jon (October 3, 2012). "Hello, I'm definitely not calling from India. Can I take control of your PC?". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on November 21, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
"Despite Crackdowns, Tech Support Ads In Search Are Still Cause For Consumer Confusion" Archived March 28, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Search Engine Land, Ginny Marvin on August 5, 2014
"How To Spot, Avoid, and Report Tech Support Scams". Federal Trade Commission. February 15, 2019. Archived from the original on December 18, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
Brodkin, Jon (November 25, 2013). "Fake tech support scam is trouble for legitimate remote help company". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
"Microsoft Phone Scams". Which?. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
Graham Scott, Gini (2016). Scammed: Learn from the Biggest Consumer and Money Frauds How Not to Be a Victim. Allworth Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-62153-504-1. Archived from the original on February 18, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
Solon, Olivia (April 11, 2013). "What happens if you play along with a Microsoft 'tech support' scam?". Wired UK. Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
Harley, David (July 19, 2011). "Support desk scams: CLSID not unique". WeLiveSecurity. ESET. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
Harley, David (November 30, 2011). "Support-Scammer Tricks". WeLiveSecurity. ESET. Archived from the original on December 25, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
Gallagher, Sean (January 27, 2021). ""You took so much time to joke me"—two hours trolling a Windows support scammer". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
Hunt, Troy (February 21, 2012). "Scamming the scammers – catching the virus call centre scammers red-handed". Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
Jim Browning (August 4, 2018), This is why you never let anyone remotely access your computer, archived from the original on August 5, 2018, retrieved September 9, 2018
Anderson, Nate (May 19, 2014). "Inside the US government's war on tech support scammers". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on December 31, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
Farivar, Cyrus (July 28, 2017). "How a podcaster managed to confront his tech support scammer, in person". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on December 31, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
Greenberg, Andy (March 13, 2017). "Listen to 'Tech Support' Scam Calls That Bilk Millions Out of Victims". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
"Protecting Older Consumers" (PDF). Federal Trade Commission. October 18, 2020. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
Fowler, Bree (December 3, 2021). "Are you being scammed? Here's how to know and what to do". CNET. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
Fletcher, Emma (December 8, 2021). "Scammers prefer gift cards, but not just any card will do". Federal Trade Commission. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
Tsing, William (March 30, 2017). "Tech support scammers and their banking woes". Malwarebytes. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
"A guide to trolling a tech support scammer". Wired UK. October 15, 2012. Archived from the original on July 7, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
Brodkin, Jon (March 4, 2015). "Tech support scammer threatened to kill man when scam call backfired". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on November 15, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
"Kitboga: The Internet star giving scammers a taste of their own medicine | CTV News". www.ctvnews.ca. April 4, 2019. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
Bhattacharjee, Yudhijit (January 27, 2021). "Who's Making All Those Scam Calls?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
"Busted scammer resorts to death threats". Naked Security. March 10, 2015. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
"Death threat issued in bogus tech support call". BBC News. March 5, 2015. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
Whittaker, Zack (February 22, 2017). "We talked to Windows tech support scammers. Here's why you shouldn't". ZDNet. Archived from the original on December 31, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
Osborne, Charlie (February 10, 2020). "Lock My PC takes on tech scammers with free recovery key offering, software withdrawal". ZDNet. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
Spadafora, Anthony (February 10, 2020). "Lock My PC fights tech support scammers with free recovery keys". TechRadar. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
Ramasubramanian, Sowmya (October 27, 2021). "Tech support scams have become top phishing threats, report says". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
"Microsoft takes on tech support scammers". BBC News. December 19, 2014. Archived from the original on December 1, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
Whitney, Lance (December 19, 2014). "Microsoft combats tech support scammers with lawsuit". CNET. Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
Washington state sues firm, alleges tech support scam Archived December 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Associated Press, December 16, 2015
"US state accuses tech support firm of scamming users". BBC News. December 17, 2015. Archived from the original on June 25, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
Arthur, Charles (September 22, 2021). "Microsoft drops partner accused of cold-call scam". The Guardian. Archived from the original on June 30, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
Poonam, Snigdha; Bansal, Samarth (May 18, 2017). "Scare and sell: Here's how an Indian call centre cheated foreign computer owners". The Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on October 1, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
Tung, Liam (May 13, 2016). "Microsoft to Bing users: No more shady third-party ads for tech support, password recovery". ZDNet. Archived from the original on May 14, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
"Bing bans tech support ads—because they're mostly scams". Ars Technica. May 13, 2016. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
"Microsoft loses exclusivity in shaken up Yahoo search deal". Ars Technica. April 16, 2015. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
Tung, Liam (September 3, 2018). "Google to tech-support scammers: We're about to get even tougher on your ads". ZDNet. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
Whittaker, Jack; Button, Mark (June 21, 2021). "'Scambaiting': why the vigilantes fighting online fraudsters may do more harm than good". The Conversation. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
Bhattacharjee, Yudhijit (January 27, 2021). "Who's Making All Those Scam Calls?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
Vaas, Lisa (August 15, 2016). "Tech support scammer tricked into installing ransomware". Naked Security. Sophos. Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
Sherr, Ian (November 30, 2021). "People are fighting back against gift card scammers. Here's how". CNET. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
Dhankhar, Leena (March 4, 2020). "Udyog Vihar call centre duped at least 40,000 in 12 countries; 2 arrested". The Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
McCarter, Reid (April 3, 2020). "Hacker breaks into scammers' CCTV cameras and computer records". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2022.

welivesecurity.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Harley, David (October 7, 2015). "Tech Support Scams: Top of the Pop-Ups". WeLiveSecurity. ESET. Archived from the original on July 27, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
Harley, David (July 19, 2011). "Support desk scams: CLSID not unique". WeLiveSecurity. ESET. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
Harley, David (November 30, 2011). "Support-Scammer Tricks". WeLiveSecurity. ESET. Archived from the original on December 25, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.

which.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"The people behind the tech support scams". Which?. December 2, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
"Microsoft Phone Scams". Which?. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2022.

wired.co.uk (Global: 2,053^rd place; English: 1,340^th place)

Solon, Olivia (April 11, 2013). "What happens if you play along with a Microsoft 'tech support' scam?". Wired UK. Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
"A guide to trolling a tech support scammer". Wired UK. October 15, 2012. Archived from the original on July 7, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2018.

wired.com (Global: 193^rd place; English: 152^nd place)

Greenberg, Andy (March 13, 2017). "Listen to 'Tech Support' Scam Calls That Bilk Millions Out of Victims". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.

worldcat.org (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)

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Greenberg, Andy (March 13, 2017). "Listen to 'Tech Support' Scam Calls That Bilk Millions Out of Victims". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
Bhattacharjee, Yudhijit (January 27, 2021). "Who's Making All Those Scam Calls?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
Ramasubramanian, Sowmya (October 27, 2021). "Tech support scams have become top phishing threats, report says". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

youtube.com (Global: 9^th place; English: 13^th place)

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Jim Browning (August 4, 2018), This is why you never let anyone remotely access your computer, archived from the original on August 5, 2018, retrieved September 9, 2018

zdnet.com (Global: 786^th place; English: 558^th place)

Whittaker, Zack (February 22, 2017). "We talked to Windows tech support scammers. Here's why you shouldn't". ZDNet. Archived from the original on December 31, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
Osborne, Charlie (February 10, 2020). "Lock My PC takes on tech scammers with free recovery key offering, software withdrawal". ZDNet. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
Tung, Liam (May 13, 2016). "Microsoft to Bing users: No more shady third-party ads for tech support, password recovery". ZDNet. Archived from the original on May 14, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
Tung, Liam (September 3, 2018). "Google to tech-support scammers: We're about to get even tougher on your ads". ZDNet. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2022.

Technical support scam (English Wikipedia)

9news.com.au (Global: 4,754th place; English: 2,875th place)

aarp.org (Global: 4,682nd place; English: 2,794th place)

abc.net.au (Global: 139th place; English: 108th place)

ap.org (Global: 1,596th place; English: 964th place)

bigstory.ap.org

archive.today (Global: 14th place; English: 14th place)

arstechnica.com (Global: 388th place; English: 265th place)

arxiv.org (Global: 69th place; English: 59th place)

avclub.com (Global: 136th place; English: 93rd place)

bbc.co.uk (Global: 8th place; English: 10th place)

books.google.com (Global: 3rd place; English: 3rd place)

cnet.com (Global: 272nd place; English: 225th place)

communications.gov.au (Global: low place; English: low place)

ctvnews.ca (Global: 768th place; English: 482nd place)

doi.org (Global: 2nd place; English: 2nd place)

ftc.gov (Global: 3,796th place; English: 2,268th place)

ftc.gov

consumer.ftc.gov

hindustantimes.com (Global: 71st place; English: 52nd place)

indianexpress.com (Global: 60th place; English: 43rd place)

malwarebytes.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

malwarebytes.com

blog.malwarebytes.com

malwarebytes.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

blog.malwarebytes.org

microsoft.com (Global: 153rd place; English: 151st place)

microsoft.com

blogs.microsoft.com

mybroadband.co.za (Global: low place; English: 9,886th place)

nytimes.com (Global: 7th place; English: 7th place)

nzherald.co.nz (Global: 435th place; English: 276th place)

searchengineland.com (Global: 7,076th place; English: 4,822nd place)

selwynfoundation.org.nz (Global: low place; English: low place)

sophos.com (Global: low place; English: 8,773rd place)

nakedsecurity.sophos.com

techradar.com (Global: 1,521st place; English: 944th place)

theconversation.com (Global: 928th place; English: 651st place)

theguardian.com (Global: 12th place; English: 11th place)

thehindu.com (Global: 52nd place; English: 35th place)

thejournal.ie (Global: 2,703rd place; English: 1,518th place)

trendmicro.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

troyhunt.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; English: 1st place)

welivesecurity.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

which.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

wired.co.uk (Global: 2,053rd place; English: 1,340th place)

wired.com (Global: 193rd place; English: 152nd place)

worldcat.org (Global: 5th place; English: 5th place)

search.worldcat.org

youtube.com (Global: 9th place; English: 13th place)

zdnet.com (Global: 786th place; English: 558th place)

9news.com.au (Global: 4,754^th place; English: 2,875^th place)

aarp.org (Global: 4,682^nd place; English: 2,794^th place)

abc.net.au (Global: 139^th place; English: 108^th place)

ap.org (Global: 1,596^th place; English: 964^th place)

archive.today (Global: 14^th place; English: 14^th place)

arstechnica.com (Global: 388^th place; English: 265^th place)

arxiv.org (Global: 69^th place; English: 59^th place)

avclub.com (Global: 136^th place; English: 93^rd place)

bbc.co.uk (Global: 8^th place; English: 10^th place)

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

cnet.com (Global: 272^nd place; English: 225^th place)

ctvnews.ca (Global: 768^th place; English: 482^nd place)

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

ftc.gov (Global: 3,796^th place; English: 2,268^th place)

hindustantimes.com (Global: 71^st place; English: 52^nd place)

indianexpress.com (Global: 60^th place; English: 43^rd place)

microsoft.com (Global: 153^rd place; English: 151^st place)

mybroadband.co.za (Global: low place; English: 9,886^th place)

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

nzherald.co.nz (Global: 435^th place; English: 276^th place)

searchengineland.com (Global: 7,076^th place; English: 4,822^nd place)

sophos.com (Global: low place; English: 8,773^rd place)

techradar.com (Global: 1,521^st place; English: 944^th place)

theconversation.com (Global: 928^th place; English: 651^st place)

theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

thehindu.com (Global: 52^nd place; English: 35^th place)

thejournal.ie (Global: 2,703^rd place; English: 1,518^th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

wired.co.uk (Global: 2,053^rd place; English: 1,340^th place)

wired.com (Global: 193^rd place; English: 152^nd place)

worldcat.org (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)

youtube.com (Global: 9^th place; English: 13^th place)

zdnet.com (Global: 786^th place; English: 558^th place)