TrustInAds.org is a nonprofit group launched by AOL, Facebook, Google and Twitter. The group is dedicated to educating people about malicious Web ads and deceptive practices. Scamsters post 800 numbers for bogus tech support that typically leads to people giving up personal data and downloading malicious software. The scammer essentially holds the computer hostage, the group’s executive director says. To date, the two companies have found a total of 4,000 such scams hijacking the names of 2,400 legitimate businesses.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2156500/google-facebook-unmask-tech-support-scams.html