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Microsoft has started testing ... by pressuring them to call a fake tech support number. Defender SmartScreen, which also protects Edge users from scams, activates after an abusive site is ...

Microsoft unveils new scam detection software The tool will be available to Microsoft Edge users This could lead to an end to 'tech support scams ... t contact any phone numbers or emails shown ...

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If there is one corporation that is targeted by scammers more than anyone else, it is Microsoft. From customer support scams to impersonation ... posing as tech support to overwhelm users with ...

They also offer you a lifeline – a phone number for “tech support ... Microsoft or Apple, and informs you that your computer has been compromised. This is how scammers behind a resurging ...