When someone from India cold calls you and says you have a problem with your "dextop" computer. They use scare tactics, such as the Event Viewer (eventvwr) and the Tree command in Command Prompt to try and convince you that you have a "wirus" on your "dextop." They ask you to pay a large sum of money for the "fixes," and if you don't pay, they try to put syskey on your computer, which locks you out of your computer. Popular topic for Youtubers and pranksters.
#1: Did you get that call from Microsoft yesterday?
#2: No, it was a Tech Support Scam. It was not Microsoft.
#2: No, it was a Tech Support Scam. It was not Microsoft.
by Scam Buster August 29, 2016
Get the Tech Support Scam mug.some random guy (usually from india) calls you saying you have a problem with your computer blah blah blah, then tells you that they will show you the problem and how to fix it (a way to let them hack your computer tricking you into thinking that there's problems and then takes you money to fix nothing. they are usually a target of trolling for YouTubers and people that are just bored
tech support scammer: hello theres a problem with your computer we need to fix it give us admin crap on your computer
YouTubers: "trolling starts"
YouTubers: "trolling starts"
by xxshadowslaying January 31, 2021
Get the tech support scammer mug.some random guy (usually from india) calls you saying you have a problem with your computer blah blah blah, then tells you that they will show you the problem and how to fix it (a way to let them hack your computer tricking you into thinking that there's problems and then takes you money to fix nothing. they are usually a target of trolling for YouTubers and people that are just bored
tech support scammer: hello theres a problem with your computer we need to fix it give us admin crap on your computer
YouTubers: "trolling starts"
YouTubers: "trolling starts"
by xxshadowslaying January 31, 2021
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