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COMPUTER HELP DESK
SCAMS ALERT
Computer
Help Desk Scams are everywhere! They are
very insidious and hidden with their
tactics. They seek to defraud their
victims by playing on their lack of
technical knowledge and innocence. And,
they know what social demographic of
people to target upon too. It's a “Buyer
Beware” event. Yet sadly, many
good-hearted individuals get caught in
their fee traps and lose a lot of money in
the process. Thus, Computer Help Desk
Scams are not a victimless crime. Real
people get negatively affected by it
daily. Additionally, even their hired
Field Tech Support agents can be taken
advantage of too. Especially, if a
scamming Computer Help Desk Company
decides to change the information on a
field tech's uploaded paperwork and not
tell them about it - ie like a
drop/increase in customer signed off
completed work hours or etc. As such, the
scamming company will either use these
changes to cut the tech's pay or to over
charge their customer for it. So again, be
careful.
So if
you get a strange email, text message or
phone call and don't know who the sender
is or, if the message seems too
obscure and doesn’t match the official
business they represent then, it's better
not to trust, open or listen to them.
Always use good common sense. Scammers
will do everything they can to make their
efforts look legit to gain their victims’
trust right before they engage in taking
advantage of them. And once their victim
is trapped then, its not easy to get out
of it.
Also
on the Internet there are many Computer
Help Desk Companies that appear to be
legitimate and may actually be. However,
its very difficult to tell the difference
right off-the-bat of how good or bad they
are. Only a thorough review of their
trustworthiness before contacting them can
be sure. Thus, this is where being picky
and cautious pays off.
On
average, many home computer related Help
Desk (ie Tech Support) Companies charge
their residential customers $99.00 Per
Hour with a $50 Tech Service Call Fee on
top. Or, they have a base $90+ fee but
then, fluctuate around with additional
fees to get more money out of their
customers. And, they rarely write up an
Estimate of what the Total Cost is before
the repair work is even started. So
customers on average are spending upwards
of $275 or more for a computer and or,
related repair issue etc. As such, this
leads these customers to feel ripped-off
in the end. So again, its a “Buyer
Beware” event.
Solutions To Stop
Scammers
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Search
the Better Business Bureau website and
other trusted official sites too - ie
FTC.gov.
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Searching
or contacting USPS.com
or your local US Post Office can help.
Articles
On Computer Help Desk (ie Tech
Support) Scams
"Cybercrime
Support Network"
"US
Federal Trade Commission"
"WeLiveSecurity.com"
Companies Reported For
Scams
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[Geeks On Site] - geeksonsite.com
- Targets elderly & innocent people.
Charges for services that are never
agreed upon. Treats their hired
independent techs poorly. Over all, they
have bad Internet reviews. Such as
stated on "Yelp.com"
and on the "Better
Business Bureau."
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[PayPal] -
www.paypal.com - Banking scam company.
Uses an "ESG
Social Credit Score System."
PayPal denies their customer's access to
good and services or, their saved money
on PayPal whenever they want and for
what ever reason. Plus, they can
wrongfully take money from their
customer's linked credit card and bank
accounts too. Even the fine print in
their policies confirm this.
To Conclude
So
no matter who you choose for your regular
Computer Help Desk assistance, online
banking or etc, it's very important to stay
safe and be in-the-know and not get taken
advantage of. And if you can, try following
a "Buy Local. Think Local" policy
with choosing computer support help. This
way you can know and see who you are working
with and paying.
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