People, hackers are leveling up. I’m writing to you today to make sure you do, too.
As computer technology gets better and better, scammers have learned new ways to steal your identity, your funds, and your livelihood.
But did you know they also can leave viruses behind, or plant them there to get started?
I, myself, have never been hacked, but it has happened to my parents countless times, all because they don’t know how to protect themselves.
The saddest incident, however, was my parents getting scammed through a virus claiming to be tech support! They were shown a fake “blue screen of death,” and very professional-looking tech support popped up to help.
The tech support truly looked like it had come from their computer company.
After clicking for support, the real virus set in. I think they were half upset about the virus and half upset that they had been so deeply deceived.
All too often, these ploys (and countless others) work.
As I said, scammers are LEARNING.
Microsoft even estimated that tech support scams alone succeed on 3.3 million people every year, costing an annual $1.5 billion. And that doesn’t even begin to cover the frustration, fear, and emotional fatigue that comes with it.
To avoid becoming one of them and to get your life back if it happens to you, the best possible option I can recommend is called a FixMeStick. If there’s one good thing to come out of my parents’ scammer incident, it’s that they finally listened to me and started using on.