Scammers are creating ads in Google search results that pretend to be customer support numbers for popular sites such as Amazon, PayPal, and eBay. When called, scammers will pretend to be from the associated company and state they need a code from a Google Play gift card before they can help.
BleepingComputer was alerted to these scam ads in the Google search results a few weeks ago from a security researcher who wishes to remain anonymous. Since then, we have observed multiple scam ad campaigns pretending to be tech support hotlines for well known companies.
Examples of these ads are shown below, where we see advertisements for Amazon and PayPal that contain contact numbers. In mobile browsers these ads look legitimate and could easily confuse a person into calling the listed number.
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