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Title: News: New iOS phishing scam places fake call to ‘Apple Care’
Post by: HCK on July 31, 2018, 04:05:24 pm
News: New iOS phishing scam places fake call to ‘Apple Care’

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               A new phishing scam discovered by Ars Technica has upped the complexity of e-mail messages to drive users to a fake website where a Javascript will pop up a system dialog box to start a phone call to a call center impersonating Apple support. According to the report by Ars Technica, the scam is quite deceptive, with a realistic looking webpage telling users that their iPhone has been “locked for illegal activity” by Apple and directing…

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