Can FBI moneypak malware infect iPad?

As long as you do not jailbreak your device it cannot be infected. Furthermore, you may well find the malware only works on Windows computers.

The FBI moneypak scam is not actually malware. As such, it cannot infect anything. It's just a web site scam. See:

FBI ransomware “virus” rampant

I suspect the malevolent code writers have been busy during the last 18 months since the last post. My 2 yr-old iPad's Safari browser has been taken over with a demand for $250 (payable in PayPal- with a handy list of where to get PayPal cards), "supposedly" from the FBI.
I used the settings to shut down wi-fi, went to Safari settings to clear history and website data, and used the advanced tab of safari settings to disable JavaScript. So far, so good.

And no, my iPad was not "jailbroken."

Stu Habermehl wrote:

I suspect the malevolent code writers have been busy during the last 18 months since the last post.

Nope, this is just the same old web-based scam. To clear it from Safari on an iPad, just follow the instructions here, under "Clear information from your device":

Safari web settings on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

Stu, have you found there to be any recurring issues once you cleared everything and disabled JavaScript? The same thing happened to me and I cleared all website info, just want to make sure it worked.

No recurring issues. So far, so good.

I'm trying to figure out how to see if my iPod was infected by this FBI scam/virus thing. what are the steps to check that it is and is safe to use again? does it affect anything else other then my iPod? should i be worried?

If your iPod is not jailbroken, it is not infected with anything. See the information in thomas_r's post above.

THANKS STU DID WHAT YOU SAID AND IT WAS FIXED!