it's 100% a scam. You either download a virus by clicking on stuff, or call the number where someone pretending to be a support will try to get your information. In fact, something might already be in your phone, though I have no way of knowing.
NOOOOO THATS SCARY IM TECH-ILLITERATE, IDK HOW THIS SHIT WORK
No company like a bank, Amazon or Google will call you/ask you to call a specific number. If you use this as a rule of thumb you’ll be fine.
Tips:
- always check email domains (in gmail you can check by hovering over the email to see where it really came from - people can spoof emails to make it appear like it’s coming from a legit site but if you hover you’ll usually be able to see the true domain, and if it looks weird, email customer service fresh to the email listed on the official website)
- never answer calls from unknown numbers unless you’re expecting one.
-if theyre trying to enforce a time limit and stressing you out, it’s almost certainly deliberate scare tactics and thus a scam.
- if they get angry it’s a scam
-if they ask for money it’s a scam
-if it’s the FBI on the phone it’s a scam (they will letter you or knock on your door)
-if you clicked a link and suddenly get a warning not from your firewall or known privacy/safely software, it’s a scam.
If you wanna see any scambusting videos, I recommend Jim Browning and Scammers Payback (Pierogi) - these guys often have great tips to avoid getting caught in these
Late but thanks for the tip!!
Just got logged out of my mangago account yesterday and before I get to log back in, I accidentally clicked on a pop up ad, that says I did something illegal and that my phone ip was traced of child p*rn, and revenge porn [which are fucked]. I couldn't closed the message and it gave me a number that says "call google support" with a number on it, I looked up the actual Google support number and as I thought it wasn't the number for google, thankfully phone kind of lagged and I found the way to closed the tab.
Just bringing this to my attention cause I either ignored a genuine warning or was this a bait to get scammed and if it was a scam there'll be people that'll fall for it.