Detect and remove Pegasus spyware on an iPhone 11 and latest

Sam4920 wrote:

Hi Zurarczurx,

But they used my personal email address sent the spam email to me. The subject stated " You have been hacked (Email*@hotmail.com)" and wrote the message to treatment me,

They did not send it from your email address. They spoofed the email to make it look like it came from you. That is part of the scam and is the same email many others have received. All of theirs spoof the sending address so they think they have been hacked in an attempt to scare you and it seems like they got you. This one is called the "Hey Pervert" scam because that is how it starts out.

All you need to do is delete it and move on with your day. There is nothing wrong with your phone and they have absolutely zero information on you.

Sam4920 wrote:

Hi Zurarczurx,

But they used my personal email address sent the spam email to me. The subject stated " You have been hacked (Email*@hotmail.com)" and wrote the message to treatment me,

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Yes, we all get such emails to our email addresses. Your email address is floating out there to good actors and NOT good actors. You don't have a virus on your iPhone. It's a scam. A common scam. And it should be ignored. Don't respond to them. Block them.

Read this --> Recognize and avoid social engineering schemes including phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

It's a scam. Ignore the emails, don't reply, don't click on anything.

I get dozens some days - all addressed to me, some with my name in the body of the mail some addressed to "Dear Shopping_Account", telling me all sorts of things. In the last week I've been warned that my iCloud is full, offered free RAC, membership, MacAfee has detected dozens of virus and they have pictures of websites they'll send to my contacts with videos of me. All of them scams.

Never reply to them.

Never click on unsubscribe links.

Never click on anything.

Just delete the mails. There's not much else you can do.

Sam4920 wrote:

Hi Mac Jim ID,

You are right they stated the word "Hey Pervert", also asked me transfer $1,700.00 to his Litecoin wallet and don't contact police.

I get them at my work email address. Which is particularly amusing because we can't access inappropriate content on our work computers AND our work computers don't have cameras. They're just hoping we are foolish enough to believe they have what they say they have and we'll be even dumber and pay their ransom.