Ont. woman scammed out of almost $2K after clicking on pop-up ad

An Ontario woman lost nearly $2,000 after she fell victim to a fake Microsoft pop-up claiming that she was hacked.

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9 comments

  1. Spend the money & buy a Mac, or get pop-up ad blocker apps + don’t click pop-ups EVER + avoid messages, e-mail, texts from strange numbers & strangers! Be skeptical ALWAYS!

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