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Scams and threats to avoid, plus new security tools
Fake Apple, HP, Microsoft and Netflix support phone numbers
What’s the threat?
Scammers are tricking victims into visiting real customer-support pages but showing a fake phone number to call. The scam begins with a fake advert in Google when you search for tech support. It looks convincing because it contains a genuine URL, such as https://help.netflix. com (see screenshot 1 ). Clicking it takes you to the real page for Netflix support but has a false number in the search box 2 . Calling it takes you to a scammer who asks for your passwords and requests remote access to your PC.