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India / Diane Hayes / Colleen Robbins / Federal Trade Commission #1178578

NBC Evening News for Monday, Aug 22, 2016
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We're back now with an NBC News investigation into one of the fastest growing scams that thousands of people fall victim to every year. Their computer is suddenly frozen. And then a pop up message appears. Warning that you've been hacked. Even has a number to call. But for a few hundred dollars, a computer tech expert promises to fix it. NBC is Tom Costello went looking for one of those companies and what he found was surprising. It happened when Diane Hayes was on line one morning. Warning mess...
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Tom Costello
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00:02:23

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