HT202234 Suspicious spyware alert telling me to call (877)6901356 is this legitimate? (supposedly from safari)

The other day I clicked on a seemingly innocuous page, it was the first option when I typed in something researching for my history paper (it was something to do with slavery in brazil). Anyhow an alert came up saying spyware may be active on my computer and my personal details are in danger etc and sited my IP address.
It told me to phone (877)6901256 and it would not close, I ended up having to restart my computer to get rid of the alert. I then googled the number and found nothing about it. Has anyone else had this before or can anyone shed any light on whether this is some sort of scam or whether it is a legitimate message from safari that there may be some malicious spyware active on my computer?
Any help much appreciated.

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Melz1004 wrote:
I had a similar issue except i did allow them to access my computer.
In that case, you should consider your computer to have been compromised. The people who had control are scammers, and they may have done all manner of things, including installing keyloggers or leaving back doors into your system. The only possible way to fix this is to erase the hard drive and reinstall everything from scratch. See:
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If you gave them a credit card number as well, you should report this to your credit card company.
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