Additionally, scammers might ask users to provide various personal details such as logins and passwords of various accounts.
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They might also use them to install adware or other unwanted apps. In fact, they might also use RATs to infect computers with actual malware (such as ransomware) that could lead to serious issues such as data/financial loss, and so on. Once connected, they usually launch fake virus scanners that 'detect' fake threats (malware) and ask for payment to remove them.
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Scammers ask people to provide this access through a Remote Access Tool (RAT) and provide the ID numbers, which are required to establish a connection between the user's and scammer's computers. The scammers claim that the user's iCloud or other Apple account is breached and this problem must be resolved by granting remote access to their computers immediately. People who answer or return calls from 1-80 (or other numbers that scammers use) are informed that they have reached Apple Support. We strongly advise that you to ignore these scams and bear in mind that official Apple Customer Support would never make such calls.Ĭriminals responsible for these phishing scams often make more than one call.
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The main goal of these scams is to trick people into giving scammers remote access to their devices through various legitimate software. Many people have received an automated call warning that their Apple ID or iCloud accounts have been breached. The number of cases whereby scammers claim to be Apple Support team members and call people to gain remote access to their computers is growing daily.