Possible Iphone 7 Scam

This happened to me aswell.

- Press the home button,

- Double click the home button and then tap on the open 'Safari'.

You will have to do the next 2 steps very quickly.

- Press the two pages overlapping in the bottom right corner,

- Press the X at the top left corner of the open tab with the scam that popped up.

Hope these instructions help anyone with this problem.

Here is the site that I was redirected to today from google app: ******

I presume it's also a scam. It's the same contest to win an iPhone and other prizes.
<Link edited by Host as following the procedures at the site may lead to damage to the user’s device>

Um... no... Apple do not "need to sort it out".

Apple is not a law enforcement agency. Apple is not a consumer protection agency. Apple is not involved in this other than the fact that their name is being used by a scammer to try and rip people off.

How dow you expect Apple to "sort it out", exactly?

It's asking you to take a survey to answer so many questions .NO it's a scam apple don't give there iPhones or tablets away .plus there is one asking same for iPhone8 plus a free tshirt ,it's a scam 100per cent ,

1. You are not addressing Apple here. This is a user to user forum.

2. As users we have no idea what may have happened to your iPhone. Perhaps if you provide details about what happened someone can point you in the right direction to get it sorted.

3. Please do not post your home address in a public forum where anyone and i do mean anyone can grab it and be sending things to you.

Yes. This is a scam or phishing attack. There is no iPhone 7. Delete the message and do not provide any information.

It is a scam. There is no iPhone 7, and Apple does not give away devices. You can go to the feedback page to report the information. http://www.apple.com/feedback

Indeed it is a scam. Apple have not announced any plans for a new iPhone let alone what its name would be. There is no iPhone 7 at this time, and nothing to indicate there will be one in the near future.

If you wish to report the site to Apple you can use this page to do so:

https://www.apple.com/legal/more-resources/phishing/

It mostly refers to E-Mails but you can send the url of the website their way as well.

I have had these pop ups appearing lately.

as I'm new to my iPad I'm not sure how I close the scam without using the OK button.

Currently i just have to close the iPad down and restart it.

is there any other way of doing it safely ?

You can either use the o.k button, which on an iPad will do nothing harmful, or close Safari directly by double clicking the home button, and swiping the Safari screen shot up and off the screen.

This message appeared in Safari on iPhone. There is no option to do anything but OK. Closing Safari, turning off iPhone completely doesn't work. As soon as Safari is opened again the message is there with no other options. Totally locked out of Safari. Anyone know how to get rid of this message?

Double tap the Home button, then swipe upwards on the Safari preview.

Go to Settings - Safari - Clear History.

Restart Safari.

Double tap the home button to bring up the multi-tasking list. Find Safari and swipe upwards on the thumbnail to force closed the app. Then go to Settings>Safari>Clear History and Website data. After that, do a reset on the phone. Hold the sleep/wake and home buttons together until you see the Apple logo. After the phone reboots, you can open Safari again.

I found that clearing history and cookies allowed getting rid of the locked screen. When I came back to enter this information I saw two responses with this solution. Thanks to those who replied.

The url is apple.com--apple.com and it was pushed to me off of the "map my ride" app as an "important message." Once I clicked there I couldn't close the message without clicking "okay." Update: have now read the suggestions above and was able to escape! Thanks.