congratulations apple user, $1000 amazon gift card popup

I have this problem on Safari for "The Weather Channel". I tried the two sugggestions:

1) Settings - Safari - Clear History and Website Data, and

2) Settings - Privacy - Advertising - Reset Advertising Identifier ...

I still get the unwanted pop-up.

The link suggested by rbrylawski on Jan 4, 2018 7:20 AM is general and does not address eliminating this unwanted pop-up.

I never use the "X" out in the pop-up. I always back out by using the Safari multi-window icon and then "X" out the whole Safari window and swipe out of Safari.

Thinking that it may have swiped my bookmark, I even tried entering "The Weather Channel" without using my bookmarks.

I do not have the Amazon app - and the suggestion by one iPhone user to delete the Amazon app would not apply.

Despite all these efforts, the pop-up appears every time I go into the weather channel.

Any help would be appreciated.

Last night as I was ready to close my phone, the ad you showed popped up on my iPhone. Nothing like this has ever happened before. Because the Safari icon was in the upper left corner, I thought this came from Apple. So, I answered all the questions from different web sites. So, these companies have all this information about me. I even entered my pass code, because I thought this was from Apple!!! Is there any way to get all this deleted from these companies? Probably not.

17011701 wrote:

I have yet to see a way to stop this. This clearing your history answer is very weak. Apple needs to get off thier ***** and fix it or I may dump apple and go android.

That's amusing. Apple can't control a popup from a website you visited at some point. And if you think going Android will solve all your problems, we don't actually care, but feel free to do so. Of course the guy in my office with a Samsung S8, who is having pretty much the same issue might argue that doing so won't actually help you very much.

Did you follow the steps in the link Apple has on this at all? Avoid phishing emails, fake 'virus' alerts, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

This happens to me but only on one particular iPad. I’m thinking of wiping it. I wish there was more information out there.

To all the people who kindly point out that it a phishing scam, I know you mean well but you are only pointing out the underlying observation that brought us all here.

Hi, thanks for the advise. The link gives general information about how to NOT get scammed by ads that pop up while browsing the Internet, but that’s pretty obvious info. I’ve closed the screen numerous times and still get the Amazon gift card pop up every time I’m browsing. How do I get rid of it?! Thanks for your help!

The thing that is most irritating is that you essentially have to close the entire page that it is on. And it hits 5 or 6 minutes into reading an article that has embedded ads.

***Apple, if you are reading these, that’s where and how the pop up occurs. ***

That said, do I get to finish said article? No. I need to close the window and start over. Which deep in my Neanderthal brain makes me want to shut it down and burn safari to the ground.

Yes, I understand what I need to do as a bandaid by cleaning my history and triple checking my OCD brain that pop up blocker is off.

But Apple Safari team, do you know what you need to do for customers?

What’s funny is that this is really targeted around large news sites. I get them from CNN, NYtimes, Huffington, and the worst is probably Buzzfeed. I don’t think I really am experiencing in this anywhere else.

This is the link which I copied but I don't know how to stop it. I happens when I am doing Google search.

http://gifthorsenashville.top/us_amazon_amazon500/index.html?voluumdata=deprecat ed&eda=deprecated&cep=IJ14ZOmKkycc0z2jZtOw_wwjh1i35OscdEw0oZDCT3iepPinzXqJ9Jfemq p6gfnF1ttS_VYm1JwUNcWKx-q2fQWiuL86JCvhufxz9Y3eP3qH52hMeJMI40GNbBbOK7Hmp573KkqQvX dy62lsx2w-HZsnoqc4NiQxWHsisfWaGRibegUAbwi8E-2DWueUk1001McFV5iR8QLM8q1jUN7Ypubt3g gW3p2bOWvmJZszWExPzpEL3oogsGiCshKK-soed58VDQv-BinXTQaCytyDG0-3HEVlW2_Swkm3DSRUAw 4&siteid=MTUyMTU3NTgzNV84NTE4ODU0XzQxNzI5ODI4Mg&sitedomain=%7Bsitedomain%7D

And there is a Nigerian Prince who wants to give you $$.

He already sent the check to me. But then he stole my identity and I am now homeless, writing this post from an underpass under the freeway.

Yes, of course! 😁

Amazon Gift Card Popup Scam

Is there any way to make it stop? Or is the website that's pushing the ad?

Thanks,

Tony

Thanks opmsironman! This explains why it started suddenly, and why it disappeared without further action on my part.

I have yet to see a way to stop this. This clearing your history answer is very weak. Apple needs to get off thier ***** and fix it or I may dump apple and go android.