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Hi,
I have received an email stating that my iPhone camera was hacked by the person sending the email after I visited a malicious website and he/she has accessed my iPhone camera to make a video of both me and recorded my screen with personal info.
The email also says that the hacker has access to all my Facebook messenger and email contacts.
I have the latest ios 14.4 running. Is remote camera hack possible on ios/iPhone?
Yes!!
The email says that he/she will release the video to my contacts unless I pay them in bitcoin. The email also has a link for making the payment and I haven't clicked on it yet.
Yes!!
The email says that he/she will release the video to my contacts unless I pay them in bitcoin. The email also has a link for making the payment and I haven't clicked on it yet.
Don't click on it. Don't pay them. They don't have a video.
This is a well known scam (which is how I knew what they had told you)
Hopefully you haven't given them any other information - clicked on any links or replied to the email. If you haven't, then they don't even know you have the email. They will have sent the same email to millions of stolen email addresses many addresses won't even exist any more. If you haven't replied, they don't know your email address is valid.
It’s a message from a criminal out to steal your identity. See→Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support
For all practical purposes an iPhone cannot be hacked.
Scam.
They haven't. They are trying to scam you.
I'm guessing they will say they will release a video to all your friends.
They won't, they don't have one.
Stay away from such dodgy sites in future.
Yes, this is a very common scam attempt. Don’t be a victim to those criminals.
Thanks a lot, guys!!
This really helped.
Welcome.
Hate these scammers.
iPhone Camera Hacked!!
