Just hang up! Oregon attorney general warns of ‘Apple support’ scam

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Legal professional Basic Ellen Blum warned Oregonians on Monday to hold up on unsolicited cellphone calls that sound like they’re from Apple. “It’s a SCAMMER calling!” the Rip-off Alert stated.

The Oregon Division of Justice has acquired a number of studies of scammers spoofing or impersonating Apple Help.

Callers who reply the decision hear somebody say that they’re with Apple iCloud Safety and that their private data has been compromised — that’s when the scammer goes after your data, asking in your Apple ID password, iCloud credentials or verification codes. 

“When you get an unsolicited name from somebody claiming to be from Apple, simply grasp up the cellphone,” Rosenblum stated. “Apple won’t ever ask you for you in your Apple ID password, iCloud credentials or verification codes as a way to offer you help. That’s not how respectable companies function.” 

For extra data on methods to keep away from these sorts of “phishing” cellphone scams, obtain the division’s Simply Cling Up! one-pager on-line at https://www.doj.state.or.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/just_hang_up_poster.pdf.

When you’ve got been a sufferer of the Apple Help rip-off, please file a criticism with the Oregon Division of Justice on-line at www.oregonconsumer.gov or name the Oregon Legal professional Basic’s Shopper Hotline at (877) 877-9392 and ask {that a} criticism type be mailed to you.