Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
Do not call 1-855-866-7690 because it is a fake Amazon, Apple, Facebook or other Internet giants technical support or customer service number. The fake number(1-855-866-7690) is being used by cybercriminals or scammers to trick online users into calling it. The cybercriminals do this by sending out fake emails or text messages like the one below, which claim the recipients should call for support or help.
If the recipients call the number, they will get an automated message or a person asking them to enter their account credentials, personal information, including their social security numbers, bank account numbers, or other information the cybercriminals need in order to gain access to their potential victims’ accounts, steal their money and use their accounts fraudulently.
Recipients of the fake messages who have called 1-855-866-7690 and given out their banking information are asked to contact their banks for help, change the password of their online accounts, and contact their local authority if they gave out other sensitive information.
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My screen froze up and told me to call the number, which I did... because it wouldn’t let me click anything else except the phone number. When they answered, it sounded all fuzzy until a few seconds later when I hear .. “thank you for calling Apple tech support this is Alex, how may I help you” with a faint Arabic accent, but I knew it didn’t take didn't sound professional at all so I hang up and realize that it’s maybe a scam.About 1 minute later they call me once on the 582 number and I hang up right away thinking it’s them. As soon as I hung up my phone is ringing again from the same number... I hang up again and got left with a voicemail saying... “hello?...”hello”. I blocked both numbers.
My phone froze and stated to call this number. I can turn on my phone but cannot use internet. What do I do to clear up my phone.
I have same problem. I called this number and then I realized it is a scam
Do the following:Got to Settings> Safari> scroll to the bottom "clear history and website data">
go to your settings and reset your browsing history.
The same thing happened to me. I just did a factory reset and everything seems to be fine
I called these guys so much and threatened their children that it now says the number is no longer in service.
iPad froze up while surfing, said illegal activity detected so my device is frozen. If this happens to your IOS device, go to settings > safarI > clear history and website data. Good to go.
Thank you so much!
Thanks, it worked!
thank you for this! It worked!
