Tech support scammers are leveraging an unsophisticated but efficient method to trick unsuspecting users into calling them, by ‘hacking’ the websites of major companies to display the scammers’ phone number.
The campaign, analyzed by antimalware firm Malwarebytes, involves the use of sponsored ads on Google. The attackers pay for ads that point people who look for 24/7 support to the sites of companies such as Apple, Microsoft, HP, Facebook, Netflix, Bank of America, and PayPal.
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