ALERT: Tech Support Scam Email
Many online service providers like Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and PayPal have adopted a policy to warn users via email when there is a possible security-related event like “unusual sign-in activity”.
Unfortunately, CyberCriminals have copied these emails, and using it as a new attack vector for a tech support scam.
These new “phishing” emails point victims to a 1-800 number where either a scammer picks up, or the victim gets sent to voice mail hell for a while, and their number is queued for a fraudulent follow-up call like the one below.
Here is a real example of such a call: http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/241394/phone_phish.mp3
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