What they do
They use those popups to scare users into calling the toll-free number. These alerts are fake. The goal of the scam is to trick users into paying unnecessary and costly services.
They use those popups to scare users into calling the toll-free number. These alerts are fake. The goal of the scam is to trick users into paying unnecessary and costly services.
We find and detect scam popup campaigns, report them to their hosts and try to take down their websites. We also keep track of their online and flag status. The mission is to take them down as soon as they go live. As a by-product we save detailed analytics about Tech-Support-Scams.
