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Are pop-ups about hacked iPhones legitimate?

Pop ups saying I need to download cleaners app are these true?

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Original Title: Pop up iphone hacked

iPhone 7, iOS 15

Posted on Jul 15, 2025 12:30 AM

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Servant of Cats

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Posted on Jul 15, 2025 1:08 AM

No.

If you saw a pop-up claiming that your iPhone was "hacked," that was garbage aimed at frightening you into paying for an app that would not do anything useful for you. (Other variants provide a number to call for "tech support". If you call it, you deliver yourself into the hands of scammers who proceed to rip you off.)

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