IS Apple doing a private test group for the iPhone 7? I just got a notice that says I qualified for testing iPhone 7; however, it is asking for $2.00, is this legit or a hoax?
thanks
tina
It's as legit as a $4 dollar bill, and a rubber nickel and worth a whole lot less. Why would Apple charge you moment to do them a favour?
TThat's what I was thinking and why I'm asking. Then when you click on the button it sends you to promotional surveys.com. BEWARE PEOPLE.
I Screen shot and will send it.
Forward the email to reportphishing@apple.com.
I Got to same message and my whole family is saying it is a scam
Your whole family is correct.
Mine is showing up as a pop up on my phone.
SCAMmers are exploiting all forms of communication - "there is no free lunch." - especially from Big Successful Companies - small hungry ones, maybe.
I had received a phone call several days prior to the pop up, Winner Pop Up. Researched number, it was landline, all I came up with. Immediately blocked number. Called from Landline, recording said it was Google and to leave a message.
How can I prevent this message from popping up? Got it on iPhone & ipad. Only way I could get rid of it was to turn off device. Any suggestions?
No, there is no way to prevent crooks from messaging or calling you (unless you turn off your device).
If you are getting it as a popup in Safari, go to Settings > Safari > Clear History and Website Data and do so. Immediately after doing this double-click your home button and shut down Safari.
I clicked through some of the survey questions hoping there would be a place to close the window/get back to browser. Is that already giving them info that will cause a problem? What would happen--nuisance contacts, or compromise my phone somehow?
Thanks!
All websites can (and must) capture your IP address and your device/browser "User Agent" string [ mine is' Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0 TenFourFox/G3' ]
If you navigated to the survey page from a link in an email, the URL could have parameters appended (all those letters and numbers that make no sense to us) that could tell them that they have reached a valid email address. These folks may not be that sophisticated - it is too easy to pick the low hanging fruit of the gullible.
I would not worry if you did not enter any personal info on any page you visited - taking the survey tells the nothing they didn't already know.
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