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تحذر لجنة التجارة الفيدرالية المستهلكين من أنه إذا تلقوا مكالمة تعدهم باسترداد الأموال مقابل خدمات الدعم الفني، فهي مجرد نسخة جديدة من عملية احتيال قديمة.
تحاول عمليات الاحتيال في الدعم الفني كسب ثقة المستهلك والوصول إلى أجهزته ومعلوماته الشخصية والمالية. عادةً، يتصل المحتال مدعيًا أنه فني كمبيوتر من شركة برمجيات معروفة، ويدّعي اكتشاف فيروس على جهاز المستهلك. هدفهم هو خداع المستهلكين وحثهم على منحهم إمكانية الوصول عن بُعد إلى أجهزتهم أو دفع ثمن برامج وهمية لا يحتاجونها.

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One of the defendants in an alleged tech support scheme has agreed to settle a Federal Trade Commission complaint against him and give up the money he made from the scheme.
Navin Pasari is a defendant in one of six complaints filed by the FTC in September 2012 as part of the Commission’s ongoing efforts to protect consumers from online scams. According to the complaint against Pasari and his co-defendants, the defendants placed ads with Google, which appeared when consumers searched for their computer company’s tech support telephone number. After getting consumers on the phone, the defendants’ telemarketers allegedly claimed they were affiliated with legitimate companies, including Dell, Microsoft, McAfee and Norton, and told consumers they had detected malware that posed an imminent threat to their computers. The scammers then offered to rid the computer of the non-existent malware for fees ranging from $139 to $360.
The stipulated final order against Pasari imposes a $14,369 monetary judgment, which represents the total amount of money Pasari received in connection with the scam. The final order also requires him to divest his ownership interest in PCCare247 Inc., another defendant in the action, and transfer any proceeds he receives from the divestiture to the FTC.
In addition, the final order prohibits Pasari from opening or assisting with the opening of payment processing accounts for a company or other entity unless he personally supervises the accounts. The final order also prohibits Pasari from misrepresenting or assisting others in misrepresenting any information to consumers.
While the stipulated final order announced today resolves the FTC’s claims against Pasari, litigation continues against the remaining defendants in each of these actions.
The Commission vote approving the stipulated final order was 4-0. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered the judgment on Nov. 12, 2013.