Tech support scams: a look behind the curtain

My previous post about fake support calls from Microsoft generated a lot of reactions. I was quite astounded by how many other people also had similar experiences and that this was still going strong. In this post, we will try to better understand how such companies operate and why despite so many complaints, they are still operating shamelessly.

Last October the US Federal Trade Commission launched a crackdown on more than a dozen companies and individuals mostly based in India. The FTC froze their assets in the US and shutdown many of their websites and telephone numbers.

Article by Jerome Segura is continued here:  http://blog.malwarebytes.org/intelligence/2013/05/tech-support-scams-a-look-behind-the-curtain/