Microsoft Sues Many Companies, Including One From India

It has been found that some fraudsters, acting as Microsoft employees, are cheating computer users. The software giant has now sued several companies, including C-Cubed Solutions Private Limited, which is an Indian company.

“In its first big strike against technical support scamming companies, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) filed a civil lawsuit in federal court in the central district of California against Omnitech Support and related entities for unfair and deceptive business practices and trademark infringement,” a Microsoft spokesperson said.

The court said that C-Cubed Solutions Private Limited is “a private business company formed under the laws of India that operates the mail server through which fraudulent technical support businesses communicate with customers.”

Senior Microsoft advocate Courtney Gregoire wrote in the company’s blog, “These scammers claim to find non-existent computer viruses and infections then con people out of their hard-earned money for bogus tech support, in addition to stealing personal and financial information or even installing new malicious software.” She alleged that Microsoft more than 65,000 such complaints were reported since May this year.

“Consumers will never receive a call from Microsoft or our partners asking for a credit card number to charge for computer fixes,” Microsoft said.