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Q: Possible Iphone 7 Scam

I was surfing the internet when a pop up appeared and told me that I had been randomly selected to receive a iPhone 7 as part of a focus test.  The pop up forced me to click an OK button and then redirected me to a website iphone.com-rewards.xyz where it is asking me to fill out a survey. I haven't done this as I assume this is a scam.  I searched the Apple website looking for an appropriate place to inform/verify that this was indeed a scam.  Not having found a suitable place I choose to post this here.  Thanks for the help.

iPhone 6, iOS 8.4

Posted on Jul 29, 2015 6:27 PM

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  • by nalaselig,

    nalaselig nalaselig Jan 7, 2016 3:56 PM in response to Lolaney
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    Jan 7, 2016 3:56 PM in response to Lolaney

    They have their ways! The good news appears to be that you can get around it by doing what I did on my iPad (it has happened 2 more time since my post) and the way you did on your iPhone without having untoward consequences, I hope!

  • by Southernhoney,

    Southernhoney Southernhoney Jan 14, 2016 11:18 AM in response to Hardtak
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    Jan 14, 2016 11:18 AM in response to Hardtak

    I mostly get redirected first before anything else can happen. I knew it was a scam the first time it happened since most companies wouldn't give away something as expensive as a new smartphone. Besides, I already have the latest iPhone. And yeah, I just get these on my 6s since that's how I usually browse nowadays anyways. At least sometimes I catch the redirect fast enough to prevent it from loading in the first place. Not always though.

  • by k1948,

    k1948 k1948 Jan 30, 2016 8:00 AM in response to Hardtak
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    Jan 30, 2016 8:00 AM in response to Hardtak

    I was using Safari on iPhone 6+, iOS 9.2.1 and this popped up.  I double tapped the home button, quit Safari, went to Setting/Safari "Clear History and Website Data".  Restarted Safari and it was ok.  I had previously read that if your Mac gets hit with ransomeware, then you immediately quit Safari and go to settings and reset Safari, so I applied the same approach to this.

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  • by Mpj3388,

    Mpj3388 Mpj3388 May 2, 2016 6:30 PM in response to LeVeau
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    May 2, 2016 6:30 PM in response to LeVeau

    YES!!!!!! A Scam, I recived it too. they even took a Apple symbol(that's copyrighted) made me do a survey and its obviously fake because it said watch, mac, and iPad , and iPhone on the top and it didn't even redirect u to a diffrent page

     

  • by Debbagail,

    Debbagail Debbagail Aug 31, 2016 4:04 PM in response to Hardtak
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    Aug 31, 2016 4:04 PM in response to Hardtak

    Yes I just got scammed on this site, they wanted $1 for survey & credit card number & few days later they charged $1.35 on my credit card, 2 days later $161.43 to Jesspan Co Ltd. Shenzhen, China, no contact phone number for this scam Chinese company, MasterCard said, luckily Mastercard is reversing the charges for me, wonder if I'll get more charges, might have to cancel my card & get a new number, can Apple do anything & get this company for Fraud?

    BEWARE!!!

  • by stedman1,

    stedman1 stedman1 Aug 31, 2016 4:07 PM in response to Debbagail
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    Aug 31, 2016 4:07 PM in response to Debbagail

    As always, any such message on the Internet will always be a scam. Apple, despite their incredible wealth, do not have control over the Internet. Yes, you will need to cancel/change your credit card.

  • by adtse,

    adtse adtse Sep 20, 2016 3:52 PM in response to Hardtak
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    Sep 20, 2016 3:52 PM in response to Hardtak

    SCAM

    Look at the URL, you can tell it is scam by the domain name. Domain names starting with "com-" are usually used for scams.

    I received the same popup, instead with a scam facebook looking page with the url as facebook.com-me4.space

    I decided to click to see where it goes. It told me I had to first I need to enter the answers for these questions:

    1. Do you want the hottest new iPhone 7?
    2. What is your age?
    3. Do you like Apple products?
    4. Who started Apple?

    Whatever I put in to the questions, it says "You qualify for a free iphone!". Then it took me to onlinepromotionsusa.com It told me to enter my personal information, then I closed it.

    I knew it was a scam. I just did the first 4 qestions because I was curious of what it leads to. I stopped when it asked for personal info.

    Totally bogus.

    Your questions was posted before iPhone 7 was announced, so it is obvious scam. Do not believe anything like that is legitimate, most are trying to scam you.

  • by pcopus,

    pcopus pcopus Sep 25, 2016 10:25 AM in response to Hardtak
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    Sep 25, 2016 10:25 AM in response to Hardtak

    I was scammed by this genuine-looking offer too in late August. I was aware that I was paying the $1.35 "admin."

    charge, but NOT that I would be charged a monthly recurring charge of $161-odd! I have had to cancel my Visa account and pay the $161, as RBC Visa say there is nothing they can do about it. Their advice was to contact the vendor. Fat chance!! In future I will follow the caution that if an offer sounds too good to be true, it almost certainly is!

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