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Busting Tech Support Scammers

Marketplace tackles one of the largest scams targeting Canadians: Fake technicians claiming your home computer or smartphone is compromised — and demanding hundreds or thousands of dollars to fix it. We discover that much of the scamming activity emanates from call centres in India, and after months of cultivating sources on the ground, we get inside. Plus, we ask: What is the RCMP doing to stop this scam for good?

English
  • Originally Aired October 4, 2019
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Network CBC
  • Created October 11, 2019 by
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  • Modified July 20, 2024 by
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