'Apple Support' Phishing Scams Are Getting Harder To Tell

Parvati Divakar - Jan 06, 2019


'Apple Support' Phishing Scams Are Getting Harder To Tell

If you have received an unexpected call from Apple support team, you might be targeted by scammers. Watch out!

Have you ever received a phishing email or phone call from someone pretending to be Windows support? It seems like scammers recently have diverted their targets toward the iPhone users, and it cannot be denied that these phishing scams continue to get smarter and harder to spot.

AppleidiPhones users are being targeted with phishing calls

Brian Krebs, an American journalist and investigative reporter, reported that Apple users are being targeted by a new clever way of voice phishing scams.

To be more specific, some Apple users have recently said that they had received an automated call which warned users to call back to a 1-866 number due to some data breach. Users saw Apple's logo appear on their phone screen along with the company address as well as a legitimate phone number of Apple. Kerbs said the number is not a new phishing source.

So basically, if you had a data breach, you need to reset all your information. And simply by clicking on a link, you're giving your Apple credentials to scammers who then use that to steal your personals information including a credit card if you have it linked to your Apple account.

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Apple's phishing calls screenshot

Cited Krebs' blog:

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Moreover, the security analyst also reminds users to be careful of getting a phone call from someone claiming that your computer is broken.

As soon as the news broke that iPhone users have received phishing calls claiming to be from Apple, the company has issued warnings about these scams, cited Apple:

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Apple hasn't commented on the report.

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