{"id":1145,"date":"2016-04-25T05:58:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T12:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2023-12-14T07:05:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T15:05:34","slug":"avoid-tech-support-phone-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/avoid-tech-support-phone-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid Tech Support Phone Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Originally posted April 2013. Updated&nbsp;April 25, 2016:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft, your Internet Service Provider (ISP), nor any legitimate company will call to tell you that your computer is infected, and that they need to remotely access your computer (for a fee) to fix it. It is a scam by crooks who are trying to access your computer, scare you into&nbsp;believing&nbsp;that there are multiple problems with it, and demand money to pay for a problem that didn&#8217;t exist in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another common scam&nbsp;happens when you&nbsp;initiate the call. Don&#8217;t call a number that pops up on your screen unsolicited. If you call a company whose number you found from a web search, make sure you visit the company&#8217;s official web site &#8211; don&#8217;t click on an third-party ad. There are hundreds of fraudulent companies&nbsp;advertising on Google, Bing and other search sites masquerading as &#8220;tech support&#8221; for legitimate companies, and attempt to convince callers that they need to pay hundreds of dollars to &#8220;fix&#8221; multiple problems with their computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Never allow someone you don&#8217;t know remotely access your computer.<\/strong> For more detailed information please read <a title=\"Click here to read the article\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/new-twists-in-tech-support-phone-scams\/\" target=\"_blank\">New twists in tech support phone scams<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/learn-how-to-spot-scams-that-pop-up-on-your-screen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn how to spot scams that pop-up on your screen<\/a>, and the Federal Trade Commission&#8217;s information about <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.consumer.ftc.gov\/articles\/0346-tech-support-scams\" target=\"_blank\">Tech Support Scams<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/avoid-tech-support-phone-scams\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print This Article\" title=\"Print This Article\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/avoid-tech-support-phone-scams\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\">Print This Article<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally posted April 2013. Updated&nbsp;April 25, 2016: Microsoft, your Internet Service Provider (ISP), nor any legitimate company will call to tell you that your computer is infected, and that they need to remotely access your computer (for a fee) to fix it. It is a scam by crooks who are trying to access your computer, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scams","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1145"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2940,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145\/revisions\/2940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}