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US court docs expose fake antivirus renewal phishing tactics

ID: a3bb210b-6038-5fc7-88ea-a4c5b838d80e

STIX ID: report--a3bb210b-6038-5fc7-88ea-a4c5b838d80e

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Threat Score
50/100

Date Published: 2024-01-15

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Bill Toulas

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A U.S. Secret Service seizure-warrant filing describes a phishing/tech-support scam where victims received fake Norton subscription renewal emails, were instructed to call attackers, granted remote access, and were tricked into returning a purported $34,000 “refund” (which was actually transferred from the victim's own accounts); funds in a Chase account tied to Bingsong Zhou were frozen and agents seek seizure while Zhou faces charges including wire fraud and related offenses.

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