The ‘Long-Con’: Hybrid Tech Support and Government Impostor Scams Dig Deep into Victim’s Wallets

Fraudsters are highly creative. So much so, that their latest deceptive tactics
involve a hybrid version of tech support
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and government impostor scams
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to defraud unwary victims.

According to a recent alert by the Social Security Administration (SSA),
scammers are using fake Amazon or PayPal tech support