Millennials A Growing Target Of IT Support Scams

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New Microsoft-NCSA study finds that two out of three customers have been exposed to tech support scams in the last 12 months.
More millennials are falling victim to tech support scams, surpassing senior citizens as the group most frequently tricked by fraudsters.

This finding comes from a new study released by Microsoft and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) as part of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. To identify tech scams and their effects on everyday consumers, researchers at IPSOS Public Affairs polled 1,000 adults around the world.

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