I had a call from this number ***-***-227. The message said that my icloud account was at risk and asked to press a number to talk to them. I thought it was scam though seemed very real so I hung up. Why I don't understand how could have they had registered a 800 number under Apple Inc as that is what appeared on my caller ID. Shouldn't Apple or big organisations do something and force the cable / phone companies not to accept false registrations?
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You’re welcome. Unfortunately, the number is somewhat irrelevant, as the criminals making the calls are utilizing the numbers of legitimate businesses (in this case an they were faking an Apple number). So leaving the number displayed here would not serve as a warning for anyone.
Also note, that the number may have displayed as a US based number, but I would say there is a 99.999999% chance the call did not originate in the US.
They haven’t “registered” an 800 number. They are using number spoofing to pretend to be calling from a legitimate business. They could just as easily be spoofing your number.
Thank you for info. I did not know about caller ID spoofing. it does not happen in UK. I do not know why it is so easy to use this methods in the US.
I am somehow bewildered as to why the moderator removed the complete number of the scammed number? Shouldn't people be aware of these scammers?
Thank you. You are right because I did call the number and it was Apple.
I still think there must be a way these kind of scammers could be stopped....
APPLE SCAM
