The FTC has managed to get court orders to shut down & freeze assets of  bogus tech support companies run by people of Indian descent, Chetan Bhikhubhai Patel, Niraj Patel and others.

The fake techni

You might have received voicemails alleging tax "issues" and that the IRS is about to sue or arrest you! Here is one such message reported by a user of SCF website.

"Hi this is Officer Nikki Johnson from the IR

Scammers posing as  IRS agents leave voice-mail messages saying the Internal Revenue Service needs to talk with the taxpayer. When  victims call back, they are threatened with legal action, arrest and suspension of drivers'

A coalition of 45 state attorneys general have urged phone companies to put in place technology, to allow consumers block robocalls.

The state attorneys general sent a letter to major carriers including AT&T Inc., Sprint Corp., Verizon Com

Indian origin man, Sahil Patel was sentenced to 175 months in prison and $1 million in forfeiture for his role in organizing the U.S side of a massive fraud and extortion scam impersonating the IRS.

PATEL pleaded guilty in Ja

The massive customer data breach, at the websites or JP Morgan including Chase.com, JPMorganOnline, Chase Mobile or JPMorgan Mobile, is expected to cause spurt in ‘confidence trick scams’ and id thefts.

According to a press release

Residents of Sarnia in Southwestern Ontario, Canada are being called by scam artists pretending to be relatives, involved in accidents.  

According to a press release by the Sarnia

Here is some good news! One of the masterminds behind Microsoft Tech Support scam, has been jailed in the UK. Mohammed Khalid Jamil,  hired an Indian call centre to falsely tell victims their computers were infecte