Someone sends me a message of viruses and a number to call

Someone sends me a message of viruses and a number to call to get rid of it. A year or two ago it's happened and I was scammed. I think that they scared me thinking, I got a virus to get my credit card number. I panicked and they paid more than $300, but I cancelled the wrong company and got rid of the program... I said that apple doesn't have an AV program and can scare people into thinking you have.

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