A bit of a friend of a friend story on my part. My Mother said a close friend (whom she named) was re-configuring their smart TV. Something went wrong and a po

A bit of a friend of a friend story on my part. My Mother said a close friend (whom she named) was re-configuring their smart TV. Something went wrong and a pop up on the TV started directing her how to restore her account. Her husband told her it was an obvious scam. He went to the other room, and within 10 minutes she hopped into the car and was at a store trying to buy gift cards. The clerks successfully explained what was going on and it ended there. The husband didn't know she had left the house until she came back. I've tried to get more details on what the pop-up was. For example was it an in-TV web browser or was it imitating something more foundational? But I haven't been able to get much more detail.