Indian authorities raid fake tech support rings after tipoff from Amazon and Microsoft

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Also went after crypto-crooks who sought money to buy miners for fake token

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The scammers sent users pop-up messages that appeared to come from multinational companies and advised of PC problems – with a toll-free number at which assistance could be had.Payments firm accused of aiding 'contact Microsoft about a virus' scammers must cough $650kTech scammer who fooled Cisco, Microsoft and Lenovo out of millions jailed for more than seven years

"The profits generated from minted cryptocurrencies would purportedly be distributed among the investors," the Bureau explained. Investment was solicited via an app, which scooped over $20 million – all of which disappeared without a single mining machine coming online. "We invite others across the industry to join us in this united front against criminal activity," the post states, adding that Microsoft views the resurgence of tech support scams as inevitable and further collaboration as essential to detect and disrupt such activity.

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