Security News > 2017 > November > New scam launches users’ default phone app, points it to fake tech support hotline

The latest variants of tech support scams targeting Apple users have done away with the usual visually prominent error messages. Instead, they open the potential victims’ default communication or phone call app, and prompt them to call the fake tech support scam hotline (the number is already prepopulated in the app): “With click-to-call links, tech support scams do not have to be as elaborate as many current tech support scam websites. They don’t have to … More →

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