FACEBOOK helping scammers attack Microsoft customers with Scam calls - Microsoft Community
new threads regularly created here users who’ve been victims of know scam pop-up warning messages telling them pc system has been damaged/compromised.
receive great experts here. > here's example. <
occasionally, they’ll told their fault visiting strange website i'm sure experience shows that such comments not correct. i’m probably paranoid when comes stopping such attacks; i'm certainly always very cautious morning when saw on facebook well-loved uk veteran broadcaster , naturalist, sir david attenborough, had died, clicked on article (what fake news, thank goodness) and got this:
it’s determined pop-up, in loop – had shut facebook rid of it. there intervening screen alert microsoft & showed details of ad company, not there long enough me capture it.
i’ve posted alert on facebook’s main page asking them – shouldn’t carrying fake news ads scammers.
now i’ve identified 1 source of these scams, possible moderator or owner escalate @ microsoft them take at a corporate level facebook?
ps if in wrong forum, topic etc, kind moderator move please? thank you.
i gave thread title "scam pop-up warnings "from" microsoft. i've found source."
64 people have viewed no-one microsoft has lifted finger help, thought changing & mentioning facebook 1 source might generate actions.
this time bar stewards involved have posted fake new kirk douglas has died.
clicking on brings scam:
and way out bleeping loop shut down browser
search community , you'll see how many microsoft customers have been taken in scam , others it. doesn't microsoft have moral or even legal duty contact facebook @ high level stop these people. fake news must distressing family of shown , named having died.
fake news headline topical subject as is wikileaks/cia. is there nothing microsoft can do?
Windows / Windows 10 / Security & privacy / PC
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