公平贸易委员会更新了规则,以打击技术支持骗局,现在覆盖了呼叫骗子的消费者。 FTC updates rules to combat tech support scams, now covering consumers who call scammers.

公平贸易委员会正在更新其《电信推销销售规则》,以便更好地打击技术支持骗局。 The FTC is updating its Telemarketing Sales Rule to better fight tech support scams. 以前,公平贸易委员会只能将打电话的公司作为目标,但现在它将涵盖在看到广告或弹出后打电话给骗子的消费者。 Previously, the FTC could only target companies initiating calls, but now it will cover consumers who call scammers after seeing ads or pop-ups. 这一变革旨在保护消费者免遭欺诈性技术支助服务的侵害,特别是保护那些在这些骗局中损失超过1.75亿美元的老年美国人。 This change aims to protect consumers from fraudulent tech support services, particularly older Americans who have lost over $175 million to these scams.