It’s been a few weeks since I last saw the MS tech support scam ad in my YouTube feed. Did they die? No. They are back with several new features. They are even evolving.
(tagline) フローラルデザインで人生を彩る
フローラルデザインを基礎から学び、あなたの夢を形にしましょう。
Sponsored・Prestigelearn Hub
(tagline translation) Color your life with floral design.
Learn the basics of floral design and bring your dreams to life.
Advertiser: Aleksandrs Petunovs
Location: Latvia
Linked Website URL: https://flamirektous.org/exposure.php?gad_source=2
Do NOT call the number shown below: (0101)21729-33821
The new version of their scam webpage features The-Matrix-ish, cute little text fragments swarming in the dialog box, popping up in the center. It also has the same warning voice message as the previous versions: https://kingofriver.com/new-feature-on-the-fake-ms-tech-support-scam/ (I can’t hyperlink it because it’s been flagged as “unsafe webpage” by Google, as it has a lot of URLs and links to the scam websites lol)
When you reload the website in your browser, it doesn’t constantly show the same scam website, but occasionally shows its normal version of the webpage instead. Not sure how it works, but the first click always leads to the scam webpage, and reloading the URL tends to result in the normal one.
But if you look closer at the non-scam version websites, they turn out to be obvious dummies, even though they’ve somehow improved in a way.
Non-asian avatar images with Japanese names lol
“Japanese/English support is available.” Thank you for the bilingual support lol
In case you clicked on the scam window, it’ll attempt to prevent you from closing it by activating full-screen mode and hiding the Taskbar. Then you’ll need to click “Task Manager” in the Windows Security screen after pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del to terminate the scam screen from the Taskbar or the Task Manager.
Its evil siblings are already coming in on my YouTube feed, as shown below. Some of them also come in with non-Japanese taglines, and they now sound less weird than they used to be, in both languages.
(Last updated on Aug 31, 2025)
(tagline) ライフスタイルに合わせた建築観光学習。
建築観光を教えるための個々のアプローチ
Sponsored・Milverantros
Linked website: https://milverantros.org/progression.php?gad_source=2
Scam phone call: (0101)21729-33621
(tagline) Adaptive Learning That Evolves With You
Join game jams, challenges and build standout work with peer feedback.
Sponsored・Master Game Mechanics
Advertiser: Aleksandrs Petunovs
Location: Latvia
Linked website: https://dextrolumarian.org/publicity.php?gad_source=2
Scam phone call: (0101)21729-33804
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