Unfortunately, many Mac users are unprepared for this kind of scams and can be social engineered into paying hundreds of dollars to fix nonexistent problems.
Fraudulent tech support companies often based overseas have offered their bogus services to Mac users before as we detailed it in an article last year ( Tech Support Scams: Coming to a Mac near you).Īfter requesting remote control to the machine, the technician will run a scan in the Terminal or perhaps show the Console logs and flag anything in there as a virus or severe infection.
