November 16th, 2018, By Lawrence Abrams
A new tech support scam trick is underway that utilizes Facebook's Sharer dialog to scare a user into thinking that their Facebook account has an issue. The scammers then hope that the user will be scared into calling the listed phone number.
The Sharer dialog is a page on Facebook that is typically used by web site owners to share their content on Facebook. They do this by creating a https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php URL with an argument of the page they would like to share. This link is then assigned to a button or link on the publisher's site. If one of their visitors clicks on this button, then they will be prompted to share the page on Facebook.
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