Further to my last blog here, it seems that I've been missing some serious fake AV telephone scam action. Some links provided by my good friend Steve B. Nice one, Steve. :)
ALERT: metsupport.com - yet another telephone based fraud (aka SupportOnClick revisited - again)
http://hphosts.blogspot.com/2010/06/alert-metsupportcom-yet-another.html
techonsupport.com, click4rescue.com, pcrescueworld.com: SupportOnClick revisited
http://hphosts.blogspot.com/2009/12/techonsupportcom-click4rescuecom.html
SupportOnClick: Phoned by Malwarebytes? BigPond? Anyone else?
http://hphosts.blogspot.com/2009/07/supportonclick-phoned-by-malwarebytes.html
SupportOnClick Update
http://hphosts.blogspot.com/2009/04/supportonclick-update.html
supportonclick.com scamming you by telephone!
http://hphosts.blogspot.com/2009/03/supportonclickcom-scamming-you-by.html
Fake tech support call scam - prefetch virus logmein123.com
http://www.digitaltoast.co.uk/fake-tech-support-call-scam-prefetch-virus-logmein123com
New scam - They call you by phone!
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=11156
Staffordshire Council - Telephone computer support warning (PDF)
http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/6997DBB0-E31E-4AFB-A886-C9DDEE114204/90090/TelephoneComputerSupportWarning.pdf
Cold call scam warns of virus infection
http://www.h-online.com/security/Cold-call-scam-warns-of-virus-infection--/news/112893
Scareware scammers adopt cold call tactics
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/10/supportonclick_scareware_scam
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