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Google Weeds Out Tech Support Scam Artists
Fraud Attack // September 04, 2018

Google is trying to stop scammers who advertise fake technical support on its platform. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, citing an investigation by the paper that found criminals were using Google’s ad platform to buy search ads that purported to be...

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Complaints of Fraud Targeting Older Americans Rose 14% in 2023

May 01, 2024
Fraud targeting older Americans’ money or cryptocurrency increased by double-digit percentages in 2023. The number of complaints of elder fraud increased by 14% during the year, while the associated losses rose by 11%, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) said in a Tuesday (April 30) press release. Individuals 60 years and older reported 101,068 of these scams in […]

Google Weeds Out Tech Support Scam Artists

September 04, 2018
Google is trying to stop scammers who advertise fake technical support on its platform. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, citing an investigation by the paper that...