If you have an iPhone, I am sure that you have recently arrived SMS With a message similar to this “an unusual activity has been detected in your account, access this link to solve it”, already below we have a link to click.
Well, this is a scam, which comes with Apple's name, since they use their contact to send you the hook, since it is not logically Tim Cook's company, but people who seek to steal your information, and then look with it, extort or even scam you directly.
New Apple SMS scam
It is very common, today, receive multiple messages spam numbers That we do not know, or where we see the clear scam, since we get a SMS of a bank in which we do not have an account, or a package of mails that we have not asked. However, if you have an iPhone, the fact that you get an Apple message, can make you doubt, especially because they do not ask for money, only to verify the accesses to your account.
However, it is still a scam, since, as we can see in the images, it takes us to a website that is not the Apple officer, with .xyz domain, and that we seek that we put our data, and then stay with them.
Thanks to our carelessness, they can have access to the Apple ID account, with what this entails, since there is sensitive information such as emails, photographs, everything we have in the icloud cloud, etc., so they can use all this to, later, look or ask for money, so you have to be very careful.
Ways to protect us
If you are afraid of trying to cheat with this type of methods, we leave you some recommendations to try to avoid it, although it is best to have common sense and never offer any data without verifying before everything is real.
- Do not press suspicious links: If you get an Apple SMS, open adjustments or manually enter the official website instead of clicking the link.
- Activate two steps verification: Even if they stole your password, they will need the code that reaches your trust devices.
- Keep the updated iPhone: The updates correct failures and close doors that the scammers use.
- Block and report the number: Save the SMS, blocked it and, in Spain, forward 7726 so that the operator analyzes it.
- Check the website before putting data: Rare domains, spelling fouls or absence of lock are signs of danger; salt and don't fill anything.
- Remember how you contact Apple: You will never ask for your password or bank data by SMS; distrust if they request them.
- Trust your instinct: If something smells badly, take a minute to check, a few seconds can avoid a big problem.
Hopefully this helps you not to fall into the trap. No, nobody entered your account, and if they did you will not get a SMS like that, be calm.
