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Is anyone familiar with the number (800) 781-1209? I have received two phone calls telling me to call the 800 number because my Apple product has been compromised.

Posted on Sep 19, 2016 2:07 PM

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Sep 25, 2016 2:07 PM in response to toddfrommemphis

My mother received this call, but with a bizarre twist that indicates much more than random calling to Apple owners. Her attack was in two stages. First she received a page in Safari telling her that Apple detected malicious software being loaded on her computer. The HTML page had pictures of friendly people with Apple logos on their shirts, but the English message left out a word. She thought the page was bogus, but phoned me when she could not navigate away from the page. I fixed the problem keeping her from navigating and told her to carry on with her web browsing.


Then step 2 happened. A friendly "Apple technician" called the next day, and left a voicemail telling her to call the 1-800 number because her computer was compromised. I called the number and found out it was "Premium Technical Support". I was put on hold, and disconnected.


How would the attacker know the phone number associated with the physical address where the computer is located?

Oct 2, 2016 12:19 PM in response to toddfrommemphis

These people are too cheap to change the number from one scam to the other?


Beware...


I received 3 calls on my land-line today alerting me to "suspicious activity" which prompted the Apple server to alert the very nice people who called. It "seriously recommend that you call 800 781-1209 before using your Apple device".


Seriously?


Keep clear of this phone number!!!

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