Phone Call Apple Support Scam
The Apple support team says scammers are spoofing customer support numbers, so the call looks like it's from Apple, but it's not. Then the caller pressures you for information or money.
phone call apple support scam. January 15, 2019 06:50 PM. ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) - If you got phone calls from someone saying they're from Apple, hang up. It's a scam. The latest scam targeting Apple device users is particularly insidious, appearing to come as a call from the company's real phone support number, according to a well-known security researcher. A spoofing scam mimics the appearance of a real phone call from Apple Support — only problem is Apple would never call you without your initiating contact first. Alex Kasprak Published 2 May 2019
Apple Support Scam. CEO of Global Cyber Risk LLC Jody Westby got an automated call on her iPhone Thursday. It warned that multiple Apple user IDs had been compromised and said she needed to call a. Avoid Scam Phone Calls. Don’t fall for this scam. Your iCloud account isn’t likely to be hacked (there haven’t been any actual hacks of iCloud to date). Apple wouldn’t call you if it did. Contact Apple support by phone or chat, set up a repair, or make a Genius Bar appointment for iPhone, iPad, Mac and more.
Beware of this Apple phone scam that claims your accounts have been hacked. Keep in mind, Apple will not call you in the evnt of yoru account being hacked. A very dangers scam is making the rounds again, and it’s one that you really need to be aware of. It works something like this: You receive a phone call from someone who claims to work for either Microsoft or Apple tech support. I have receive call from apple support frequently for those couple day, on the phone they said my apple iCloud has some problem of it need to be contact with apple support . Can you verify my account has any problem need to solve , or its just a scam [Re-Titled by Host]
We strongly advise that you to ignore these scams and bear in mind that official Apple Customer Support would never make such calls. Criminals responsible for these phishing scams often make more than one call. People who answer or return calls from 1-800-275-2273 (or other numbers that scammers use) are informed that they have reached Apple. As the fact-checking site Snopes confirms, "if the recipient is an iPhone user who then requests a call back from Apple's legitimate customer support web page, the fake call gets indexed in the. Instead, if it’s Apple, call I-800-MY-APPLE (or another local support number for Apple) and ask them if one of their agents made a call to you. If it’s allegedly a bank or credit card company making the call, call them directly using the number on the back of your ATM, debit or credit card.
My wife texted me this question, along with a screenshot showing she had missed a call from Apple. It looked legit, even showing that it came from the official Apple support number, 1(800) MYAPPLE. The official Apple support on Twitter has been bombarded with tweets from concerned users worried about this whole iCloud scam situation. Because of this, Apple posted some tips on how to avoid scammers on the support section of their site. If you get an unsolicited or suspicious phone call from someone claiming to be from Apple, just hang up. You can report fraudulent tech support calls to the Federal Trade Commission (U.S. only) at www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov or to your local law enforcement agency.
Calls from bogus Apple support representatives are on the rise. Scam-artists are using Apple's name, and spoofing phone numbers, in order to phish for personal details from customers.