Today i received a random system pop up withe message reading “ use this iphone to reset your apple id password” which i declined. It was followed by a tex message with the 2 factor authentication code. Was somebody trying to illegally access my account?
It sounds like a phishing scam to bait you into revealing your Apple ID credentials!
I sincerely hope you didn’t click anything in that fake text message!!
The scammer doesn’t know you, however; if you have read receipts enabled, then just by opening the text message, you have informed the scammer that your number is associated with your Apple ID.
Turn off Read Receipts:
Best advice I can offer is to quickly delete any suspicious text or email messages!
Stay safe! 😉
It sounds like a phishing scam to bait you into revealing your Apple ID credentials!
I sincerely hope you didn’t click anything in that fake text message!!
The scammer doesn’t know you, however; if you have read receipts enabled, then just by opening the text message, you have informed the scammer that your number is associated with your Apple ID.
Turn off Read Receipts:
Best advice I can offer is to quickly delete any suspicious text or email messages!
Stay safe! 😉
The scammer has your Apple ID email address, but not your password.
It’s simple, the scammer had your email address and simply entered a fake password to send the notification as they sent you the (copy/pasted) text message.
Stay Safe!
You are not just an Apple user, you are a member of the Apple family‼️
Very good! 😉
There are some seriously real-looking scams out there!
I had one that looked like it was from my bank informing me of urgent messages.
Once I verified with the bank that there were no messages, I knew that deleting that message was the correct move.
I realize that notifications are alarming, so proceed with caution!!
When in doubt, always verify and never open or click anything suspicious.
Stay Safe! 😉
Thanks Brian. I’m just still wondering, what promoted the initial system pop up.
It was a system message exactly like on the screenshot. Does that mean the scammer had my user and password and attempted to reset my password?
Thank you for your help!! 🤗
So the initial pop up was an internal system notification which was then followed by a text message from 2 factor authentication. I declined the system notification. I had the read receipts turned off.
“Use this iphone to reset your apple id password”
