Big Expose Announced

West Palm Beach FL

03 November, 2021

7:05 AM

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Imagine your grandmother or your old parents receive a call from a fast-talking “computer technician” and before they know it, the technician has convinced her that her computer is infected with a virus and for $1000, they will “fix” their computer. These scams happen more often than you might think! We expose internet scams while researching for same we came across similar kind of fake tech support pop up scam. • They run fake pop up ads on adult websites and scam innocent US people out of their hard earned money. • Specially old people are easy target of these scams • Our team was searching adult websites for internet scams through ads • We found ctrlaltads.com is an fake ad network running fake tech support pop up ads and scam people and when we tried to trace owner we found Shaikh Mohammud Tahseen is owner of this fake programmatic ad network based in New Delhi India and New delhi is actually hub of these tech support scams. • We also found he is running other ad networks and apart from ctrlaltads.com mediaava.com is also owned by the same guy. How scammers operate Many of these technical support companies are able to gain victims’ trust by claiming they work for Microsoft, are a Microsoft Certified Partner or somehow affiliated with Microsoft. In some instances, once the tech scammer gains remote access to a consumer’s computer, they will use scare tactics — telling the consumer that if they do not pay for support services they will lose all of their files, suffer a computer crash, or risk the leak of personal identifiable information.  Pop-up browser windows simulating virus-scanning software have fooled victims into either downloading a fake anti-virus program (at a substantial cost) or an actual virus that will open up whatever information is on the user’s computer to scammers.  Tech support scammers don’t discriminate; they will go after anyone, but not surprisingly senior citizens have been among the most vulnerable. According to the FBI (Fraud Target: Senior Citizens), senior citizens are often more trusting and con artists exploit these traits. Helping consumers fight back Our Customer Support Services team is leading efforts to help impacted customers. If someone claiming to be from Microsoft tech support, or affiliated with Microsoft, calls you: Do not purchase any software or services. Ask if there is a fee or subscription associated with the “service.” If there is, hang up. Never give control of your computer to a third party unless you can confirm that it is a legitimate representative of a computer support team with whom you are already a customer. Take the caller’s information down and immediately report it to your local authorities. Never provide your credit card or financial information to someone claiming to be from Microsoft tech support. If you or someone you know has been a victim of technical support scam, please contact: Report a Microsoft Technical Support Scam – support.microsoft.com/reportascam Federal Trade Commission – ftccomplaintassistant.gov State’s Attorneys General – naag.org/current-attorneys-general Better Business Bureau – bbb.org Finally the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has decided to step in and do something about... There are frequent instances of Internet fraud include business fraud and credit card fraud. Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a partnership of the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/conspirator-in-us-guilty-in-indiabased-tech-support-scam-119032100200_1.html