A certain company iYogi is being accused of a scamming issue that has been going on over the internet. BBC reports that they use scare tactics in order for you to get misled. They are also allegedly using false affiliation with Microsoft, HP and Apple. With all these accusation, the co-founder for iYogi, Vishal Dhar firmly stated that the allegations regarding their company are all false and baseless. He also mentioned that they are working with the authorities and are doing the necessary thing in order to counter attack the issues.
Microsoft has already started taking actions for these tech scammers. Even Attorney General Bob Ferguson stated that these types of scams are violating the Washington's consumer protection and computer spyware laws.
According to the estimation of Microsoft, there is an estimated $1.5bn are being lost by 3.3 million Americans because of these tech support scams. These guys have done so well in being the scourge in the internet society. Reports say that iYogi hires more than 5000 employees. Their call center is based in India and they cater their services across 11 countries. They are said to be serving around three million customers.
Brad Smith, Microsoft's Chief legal officer said that they receive 180,000 calls a day regarding this tech support fraud. Microsoft offered this tips to avoid these tech scams:
- If there are service fee subscriptions, hang up.
- If you have received calls such as tech support, take their information down and report it to your local authorities.
- Don't let another third party pilot your computer unless you are sure that they are a legit representative of a support team you already are a customer of.
- Never, ever provide financial information such as credit cards or bank account to anyone that claims to be from Microsoft Tech Support.
Now that you know, beware of fake ads all across the world, wide-web. They may steal your identity and hack more of your information from your accounts in social media and anywhere else even from your personal computer.
