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• Purchase expensive and dubious software.
• Pay a subscription fee for the services of the self-proclaimed support agent.
• Grant the fake technician remote access to their computers.

The easiest way to avoid tactics like this one is to remember that you should never trust Web browser pop-ups that show up out of nowhere and claim to contain accurate information regarding your computer's health and security. Any browser messages that do that are likely to be part of a tactic, and closing them is the best way to proceed.