Scamsters are abusing Skype calling service to direct people to scam websites. Microsoft-owned service says the scam calls are decreasing. Skype considered changing the default setting, but users didn’t want it to change, chief security officer says. Skype relies in part on users to report scam calls, so the suspect accounts can be deactivated. The best way to stop the calls is to change Skype’s privacy settings to only allow communications from vetted contacts, he says. The scam websites have usually been live on the Internet just a few hours, official says.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2132582/skype-says-scam-calls-on-a-steady-decline.html