![]() ![]() The remaining $2,000 had been frozen in the beneficiary's bank account and the police obtained a court order to return the money to Lyena. Mr Kit added that the scammers had contacted the beneficiary, who is a businessman, and gave the excuse of buying surgical gloves from him to deposit $35,000 into his account. The beneficiary had withdrawn $33,000 to pay his glove supplier and had no idea that the money was from the victim of a scam. In the first half of this year, there were 317 cases of tech support scams reported to the police, more than 10 times the 30 cases in the same period last year. Victims lost a total of $15 million, up from $340,000 in the same period last year. It is the second-largest amount cheated from victims, the first being investment scams at $22.3 million. The largest amount cheated in a single case in the first six months of this year was $958,000. Mr Kit said scammers impersonating tech support staff are on the rise now that many people are working from home. He advised the public not to follow instructions to install applications, type commands into the computer or log in to online banking accounts. "All incoming international calls are prefixed with a plus sign and the public should be wary when receiving unsolicited calls from overseas," he said.Dear Sin Reaper, We deeply and sincerely apologize from the bottom of our hearts for any inconvenience caused to you and anyone who is the victim of scammers. If you're writing to us about UltraViewer, a remote desktop software, and some scammers who are using it, We can assure you, we are not associated with any of these instances. Almost all users are using UltraViewer for good purposes (for remote working, remote support, etc.) there are just some scammers abusing our software, and we're working hard to combat them. ![]() ![]() It would be inaccurate with our efforts if we took little to no action to block them. As the software is partly free, anyone can download it freely on the internet and use it for free remote support. ![]()
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