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Critical Threat Message from Apple?

Great so I just reloaded the page and have to retype this (smh)

So basically I was cruising about the web looking on fnaf stuff and then got a page redirect that I couldn’t go back from or around, saying I (my iPhone 12) had 21 very harmful viruses that would damage my SIM card, memory, and wreck my contacts, from visiting “an adult website” which like lol I was on a fnaf website but okay. It told me to download their app from the AppStore with a button or it (the system) would take action in 2 minutes (with a lovely stressful countdown timer). I frantically googled and found a similar situation with someone a couple years back that said it was a scam, so I panicked and closed the window because I felt like if I was going to get viruses from anywhere it’d be from there. Just wanted to make sure I did the right thing under that stress smh (I didn’t click the button by the way and haven’t gone back to the tab)

iPhone 12 mini, iOS 15

Posted on Apr 16, 2022 8:49 PM

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Posted on Apr 18, 2022 7:01 AM

Hello there Smol_OrcaBoi,



It definitely looks like you just came across a fake scam pop-up. As long as you didn't download or install anything, you should be good to go. Take a look at this for more information on what to do: About pop-up ads and windows in Safari



We hope this helps get you pointed in the right direction.


Take care.

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Apr 18, 2022 7:01 AM in response to Smol_OrcaBoi

Hello there Smol_OrcaBoi,



It definitely looks like you just came across a fake scam pop-up. As long as you didn't download or install anything, you should be good to go. Take a look at this for more information on what to do: About pop-up ads and windows in Safari



We hope this helps get you pointed in the right direction.


Take care.

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