Zoho Assist Scam Warnings
There is a significant issue with scams associated with the Customer App - Zoho Assist, where users are being targeted by individuals attempting to access sensitive information. Reports indicate that scammers are using the app's screen sharing feature to hack into users' devices.
14 different people have asked for or struggled with this since 24 Nov 2025, most recently on 04 Mar 2026.
“Customer App - Zoho Assist — Warning - This is a Scam!!!.”
“Customer App - Zoho Assist — Beware of scammers using this app to access your Info.”
14 people in 14 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition low
The pain
shares of 14 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 14 people using Customer App - Zoho Assist
- What goes wrong
- Not classified into a failure type — read the posts below.
- How bad
- 100% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 24 Nov 2025 → 04 Mar 2026
The opportunity
from the same postsWhether this pain leaves room for a product
- Demand
- 14 people raised it · momentum moderate (43)
- Looking for something else
- Nobody is asking for an alternative yet — these are complaints only.
- Products they are unhappy with
- Customer App - Zoho Assist
- What the numbers say
- Mostly complaints about products people already use — the opening is doing this one job better than they do, not creating new demand. Not shown by this data: whether they would pay.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint14100%
Sources
14 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
Customer App - Zoho Assist — Scam! — I received a text saying my Apple ID was compromised so I clicked on the number. Obviously that was a mistake. They had me download this app and tried to get me to log into my bank app while I was sharing my screen. This app might not directly have anything to do with this fraud…
Customer App - Zoho Assist — Scam Land — The phone number went to a scammer pretending to be Apple support. Asked me to download the app to check my phone for an illegitimate charge from ApplePay. Red flags went up went he asked me to start opening banking apps on my phone for likely false charges at which point I…
Customer App - Zoho Assist — Warning - This is a Scam!!! Do not engage!!! This is the first time I’ve ever been duped. I called apple- they will never call you about your account. The sneaky snooks (edited for young readers) make it seem so real. Do not let anyone pretending to be tech support talk you into…
Customer App - Zoho Assist — Beware of scammers using this app to access your Info Never accept calls from people who say they’re from apple or Amazon who prompt you to download this app because of a “security breach on your account”. There’s a big phishing scam going around right now.
Customer App - Zoho Assist — Fraud — This is an app that people who’re committing fraud tells you to download. Say no to scammers when asked to download this!
Problem clusters
Distinct problems aggregated into this opportunity
The opportunity — market and score
Products already there, how the score moved, and what it is made of
Opportunity history
Every score change is stored as a snapshot — click a sub-score to overlay it
Not enough history yet
Why did it move?
Needs at least two snapshots
No movement recorded yet
A second snapshot is needed to explain a change.
How the score was measured36 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is Zoho Assist Scam Warnings a good startup idea?
- It has an Opportunity Score of 32.6, from 14 mentions by 14 different people across 1 sources. Demand is low (0/100), pain low (0/100) and competition low (0/100). This measures what people said, not what they paid for — test willingness to pay before building.
- How many people have this problem?
- 14 different people described it independently, in 14 mentions, the earliest from 24 Nov 2025 and the most recent from 04 Mar 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- How crowded is this market?
- Measured competition is low (0/100). Low competition can be a real gap or simply thin data — look for competitors yourself before concluding either.
- Is demand for this growing?
- Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 43/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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