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Your iPhone found some virus and phone will be hacked

Yesterday night I was watching some stuff on Google chrome suddenly the page was redirected and a popup was raised like your phone has been hacked please respond immediately. I didn’t remember the exact matter but the content is your iPhone has been hacked the hackers watching you the accesss your front cam etc what should I do

iPhone 7, iOS 14

Posted on Apr 24, 2021 8:44 PM

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Posted on Apr 25, 2021 2:57 AM

All such messages are scams. Your phone does not have a virus. Do not interact with the message or the sender. Do not download anything based on such bogus messages. Close the offending page and avoid sites that are involved in such bogus advertising tactics.


Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

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Apr 25, 2021 2:57 AM in response to KishB97

All such messages are scams. Your phone does not have a virus. Do not interact with the message or the sender. Do not download anything based on such bogus messages. Close the offending page and avoid sites that are involved in such bogus advertising tactics.


Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

Your iPhone found some virus and phone will be hacked

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