San Francisco (CNN Business) Amazon is accusing two companies of "widespread tech support fraud" targeting users of its Alexa virtual assistant and smart speakers. The companies allegedly used "Amazon's trademarks, as well as false and misleading statements about Amazon and [the companies'] services, to divert victims from Amazon's genuine activation process and customer support," the tech company said in the lawsuit. "Amazon works hard to protect our customers, and the blatant misuse of our brand to deceive unsuspecting customers setting up their new device is appalling," a company spokesperson said in a statement to CNN Business. Robojap did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Thursday, and two websites purportedly belonging to Quatic appeared to be offline. The individual representatives of both companies named in the lawsuit could not immediately be reached for comment.

Source: CNN May 15, 2020 10:41 UTC