Authorize the payment of $999 for the recent order of Apple iPhone 16 Pro on your account. If you do not authorize this payment, please press one to speak to our customer support representative.…”
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Original Title: Is this a scam?
iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 18
Jokimann wrote:
Authorize the payment of $999 for the recent order of Apple iPhone 16 Pro on your account. If you do not authorize this payment, please press one to speak to our customer support representative.…”
Sounds like a scam where criminals are using the threat of a bogus $999 charge to get you to speak to them. A criminal, pretending to be a "customer service representative", would collect information about your credit card or bank account that would be used to rip you off. Your financial information might also be sold to other criminals.
Hang up and don't give them anything.
Jokimann wrote:
Authorize the payment of $999 for the recent order of Apple iPhone 16 Pro on your account. If you do not authorize this payment, please press one to speak to our customer support representative.…”
Sounds like a scam where criminals are using the threat of a bogus $999 charge to get you to speak to them. A criminal, pretending to be a "customer service representative", would collect information about your credit card or bank account that would be used to rip you off. Your financial information might also be sold to other criminals.
Hang up and don't give them anything.
It’s a scam.
Simply block, report and delete the message.
If it’s a phone call, then simply hang up.
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The scam continues. I got the phone call today, "Authorize the payment for $999 for the recent purchase order of Apple iPhone 16 Pro........." Last week, my girlfriend got the same voicemail. Came from 8**********6, Haddonfield, NJ Just deleted the message, reported as spam, and blocked the number.
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A scam? Potentially yes...
Have you recently purchased an iPhone? If yes, your Credit Card details (and payment) will have been processed then - without need to contact you again.
Scams like this get sent in the thousands probably millions this time of year. Scams are a percentage game. Even if 1/10 of a thousand texts or emails fall for the scam, that’s still an easy 10 victims and $1,000’s of dollars lost to scammers.
I got the exact same voicemail today. I think that confirms it's a scam
The scam is everywhere I get voicemails every other day!
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Just received the exact same message this morning. It was in my Voicemail. I don't answer for unrecognized numbers, so it went right to VM. Total scam and these comments confirm it.
Same exact message. Annoyingly, and possibly relevant to LE & Apple, I *did* recently purchase an iPhone for approximately that amount. IDK how the perps knew that, but the calls did not start until just after the phone arrived.
I have received it two times.
Thank you for the reply. It helped.
Unauthorized $999 payment request for Apple iPhone 16 Pro
