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avidiax 4 days ago

Yes, especially do not google the number that you were given on the phone. That is completely certain to turn up the scammer's official looking page and "confirm" the phone number.

I have seen Microsoft support forum articles that list the "Facebook official phone number". The fact that it's not from Facebook doesn't make it less authoritative in a panicked person's mind.

Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple really must start publishing an "official phone number". It is perfectly OK that this phone number just plays a repeating message saying that the user should browse google.com/phone. That website can explain that there is no phone support offered, and provide a bunch of links for common scamming hooks that leads to anti-phishing material.