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While on the internet (looking at Youporn) on Google Chrome on my Iphone 5 i received the following message in another window....

Country : Great Britain

Region :

City :

Your Location 51.5000,-0.1300

Operating System : IOS

"You are accused of viewing/storage and/or dissemination of banned ****. You have violated World Declation on non-proliferation of child pron. You are accused of committing the crime envisage by Article 161 of the Kingdom of Great Britain criminal law provides for the punishment of deprivation of liberty for terms from 5 to 11 years. Also, you are suspected of violation of 'Copyright and Related rights Law' (downloading of pirated music, video, warez) and of use and/or dissemination of copyrighted content. Thus, you are suspected of violation of Article 148 of the Kingdom of Great Britain criminal law. Article 148 of the Kingdom of Great Britain criminal law provides the punishment of deprivation of liberty for terms from 3 to 7 years or 150 to 550 basic amounts fine. It was from your mobile device, that unauthorized access had been stolen to information of State importance and to data closed for public Internet access. Unauthorized access could have been arranged by yourself purposely on mercenary motives, or without your knowledge and consent, provided your mobile device could have been affected by malware. Comsequently you are suspended - until the investigation is held - of innocent infringement of Article 215 of the Kingdom of Great Britain criminal law ('Law on negligent and reckless disregard of computers, computer aids and mobile devices'). Article 215 of the Kingdom of Great Britain criminal law provides for the punishment of deprivation of liberty for terms from 5 to 8 years and /or up to £100.000 fine."

I then pressed ok

"Your AppleID and your Mobile Device has been blocked for safety reasons. If you let 24 hours pass without payment, your AppleID with all photos, music, movies, games, documents will be deleted and you will become subject of criminal prosecution with the right to pay the fine and the possibility of unlocking your AppleID expires!! AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDING IN PROGRESS. Amount of the fine is £100. You can pay a fine payable through PaySafeCard voucher. TYPE YOUR CODE (£100 PaySafeCard). AND PRESS 'OK' "

Now, i'm not draft and i'm 99.9% sure that this is a scam but has anyone else come across this before? If I was doing any of the above then im sure that

1, The UK Police wouldnt tell me that they are looking for me

2, They would let me bribe them with £100

3, They dont use PaySafeCard

Thanks for your help guys.....

iPhone 5c, iOS 8.4.1

Posted on Sep 20, 2015 8:33 AM

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IdrisSeabright

Level 10

156,281 points

Posted on Sep 20, 2015 10:05 AM

Yes, tt's a scam. They're banking on the fact that many people are ashamed of looking at certain web sites. The scam plays on their guilt to get them to pay money.

Go to Settings>Safari>Clear History and Website Data. And, of course, don't give them any money. Personally, I'd try to avoid sites that have those pop ups. There are lots of other adult websites out there. 😁

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44 replies

Feb 3, 2016 7:21 PM in response to tallblokerich

Jheez, this post helped so much. i'm typically very paranoid when it comes to things of these sorts. Thank you for all the clarifaction lads!

bgv0816

Level 1

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Feb 16, 2016 9:26 AM in response to tallblokerich

I have received the same message warning but before that there has been warnings popping out of my screen that my IOS has crashed and that it's been affected with malware. I freaked out too then i came across this discussion, so i guess this is a scam right?

ChrisJ4203

Level 10

230,371 points

Feb 16, 2016 9:29 AM in response to bgv0816

Yes.

Mar 17, 2016 4:12 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

I Also received the same warning last night so his is a scam right???? please help I am 17 and worried sick about this

Mar 17, 2016 4:20 PM in response to Runlong1355

Yes, it's a scam but you should stop downloading things from torrent sites anyway. 😉

Mar 17, 2016 4:23 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

I Never downloaded anything I just clicked on a commonly used site and it popped up thank you so much for the help

Mar 17, 2016 4:23 PM in response to Runlong1355

Runlong1355 wrote:

I Also received the same warning last night so his is a scam right???? please help I am 17 and worried sick about this

It's a scam, however, there is a torrent client app out in the wild that is infected with ransomware. It won't affect your iPhone, but if you have recently updated a torrent app your computer is at risk.

Mar 17, 2016 4:34 PM in response to Runlong1355

Runlong1355 wrote:

I Never downloaded anything I just clicked on a commonly used site and it popped up thank you so much for the help

I was just teasing a little. It's an effective scam because it's very scary and because a large number of people download things from, shall we say, suspect sites and feel a bit guilty about it.

Best of luck.

Csound1

Level 9

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Mar 17, 2016 4:31 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Meg St._Clair wrote:

hdjohnnguyen wrote:

yeah, but i still worry although i deleted the history😟 ... Thank you so much .

The government will show up at your door and arrest you, not send you easily deleteable messages on your iPhone.

The Government will tell your mum, then there will be trouble.

Mar 17, 2016 4:35 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

I Was using my iPhone when it happend thank you for clearing this up anything I should do to prevent this from happening again?

Mar 17, 2016 4:42 PM in response to Runlong1355

Runlong1355 wrote:

I Was using my iPhone when it happend thank you for clearing this up anything I should do to prevent this from happening again?

You can't prevent them completely. You can avoid sites that have been a problem in the past. You can avoid the sorts of sites that are more likely to have them ("adult" sites are a big culprit). Just remember not to panic when you see messages like that.

Mar 17, 2016 4:43 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

sounds good thank you!!!

Demo

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Mar 17, 2016 4:48 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Meg St._Clair wrote:

("adult" sites are a big culprit). Just remember not to panic when you see messages like that.

😁 😁 Oh Meg.....

Csound1

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Mar 17, 2016 4:51 PM in response to Demo

In order to preserve Meg's genteel outlook I volunteered to do the 'dirty' work for her, so her innocence is as it always was. Meg is a lady.

Demo

Level 10

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Mar 17, 2016 4:53 PM in response to Csound1

I don't usually like to use text speak. For the most part I despise it. Howver, in this case I am really LMAO. Meg will get my inference. You are truly a gentleman to come to her defense sir. 🙂

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