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FBI targets two "scareware" rings

Police in the United States and seven other countries seized computers and servers used to run a "scareware" scheme that has netted more than $72 million from victims tricked into buying fake anti-virus software.



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FBI Busts International 'Scareware' Rings

 The FBI this week announced that it had disrupted two international cyber crime rings peddling "scareware," which targeted victims via pop-ups and fake online ads.

The effort, dubbed Operation Trident Tribunal, targeted scammers who victimized more than one million computer users to the tune of $74 million, the FBI said.



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