Service claiming to be Apple Care support, asking to call 1-855-582-0026
An automatic pop up message on my chrome browser read "your anti-virus firewall has expired. Please contact 1-855-582-0026 immediately for support".
I panicked and called that number, which unlike, a toll-free customer service line, range 4-5 times and somebody with a Hispanic sounding accent answered, in a non-professional tone. This is how the conversation went:
Man on the phone: Hello
Me: Hi (pause)
Man: Hello, hello?
Me: Is this apple care support?
Man: (Pauses, shuffling sound heard) Um, yes, what do you want
Me: I received a message (and then mid-way through my sentence, I realized this could be a scam and hung up)
Can Apple authenticate this supposed to be apple care, toll free number? Or is this really a scam?
MacBook (13-inch), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)