I don’t usually believe these things but I clicked on a dodgy link by accident and a pop
up came up saying iPhone hacked! Just like a notification would come up on Apple, and then came up with a new notification telling me to press a button to protect my connection and install an app that searches for hacks. I assumed it wasn’t real because when I went off the site it dissapeared but is there any chances it’s real? And if it is what should I do?
iPhone XR, iOS 13
No, it is not real. All such popup messages are scams. Never, never, never download anything based on a popup.
Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support
No, it is not real. All such popup messages are scams. Never, never, never download anything based on a popup.
Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support
As stedman1 said, this is a scam that's trying to get you to install the attacker's malicious software. If you didn't install anything, you should be safe.
If you're willing to share the malicious link, I'll take a look and post a short analysis here with screenshots for everyone's benefit. If you share it, please don't post the dodgy link directly, so we don't accidentally click on it. Instead, paste the link in the input of this base64 encoder and post the output, which will look something like this:
aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvV2lraXBlZGlhOlVudXN1YWxfYXJ0aWNsZXM=
Thank you I thought so!
You are welcome.
Sorry I would of course like to but I didn’t take any screenshots of the scam I just exited as quickly as possible but I can tell you nearly word for word exactly what it said.
Pop up saying I’ve been hacked
