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by gaucheries 1567 days ago
my mother was scammed by a fake call center because she clicked a sponsored search result for "paypal customer service phone number".

i never clicked the ads before, but i definitely don't click them now... especially if they're free to be used as an attack vector.

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I've made a similar mistake before. Google "X customer support phone" and dial the number that turns up on the top of the page. Luckily for me I could instantly tell something was wrong and so I avoided getting scammed - but still, Google ads are dangerous!