布福德女子针对老年人电脑技术支持诈骗案被定罪：涉案高达100万美元、12月量刑
佐治亚州格温内特县布福德市消息：陪审团日前裁定48岁的法塔乌马塔·凯塔犯有敲诈勒索罪，她针对老年人的电脑技术支持骗局涉案金额高达100万美元，受害者达数十人。格温内特县地方检察官办公室10月30日宣布了这一定罪结果，凯塔将于12月接受量刑。
据检察官办公室公布的案情，此类骗局以电脑弹窗警告为诱饵，声称设备感染病毒，并引导受害者拨打电话；冒充技术支持人员者随后向受害者出售不需要的软件或服务，并指示受害者把支票邮寄到布福德的一个邮政信箱，部分支票金额超过1500美元。
格温内特县是亚特兰大都会区人口大县，本案的定罪结果已由县地方检察官办公室对外公布。
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Buford Woman Convicted in Computer-Support Scam Targeting Seniors Involving up to $1 Million
Buford, Gwinnett County, Georgia — A jury has convicted Fataoumata Keita, 48, of racketeering in a computer tech-support scam targeting seniors that took as much as $1 million from dozens of victims. The Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office announced the conviction on October 30, and Keita is scheduled to be sentenced in December.
According to the district attorney's office, the scheme used computer pop-up warnings claiming a device had a virus and directing users to call a telephone number; people posing as support representatives then sold unnecessary software or assistance and instructed victims to mail checks to a Buford post-office box, with some checks exceeding $1,500.
Gwinnett County is a populous county in the Atlanta metropolitan area, and the conviction was announced publicly by the county district attorney's office.
Source: GSM News, America
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