sammer has blocked my mac

By post I received a letter allegedly from 405 express lanes asking me to pay a toll fine and it gave an online account on which to do so. But once I accessed that website my screen blazed with security alerts supposedly from Apple support urging me to call a 1-844 number. It urged me not to shut off my computer but I did so anyway. When I rebooted the same block was there. Is this a legit alert and if not how can I turn on my computer and unblock it?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.7

Posted on Jul 22, 2025 01:45 PM

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Jul 22, 2025 01:56 PM in response to Portolaman

No it is not legit. Quit Safari and hold the Shift key and launch Safari again. That way it will not return to the same page you were viewing.


NEVER click a link or call a phone number from an email/message and provide personal information. That way you will never be a victim of a phishing scam. Treat any such communication as information only and any needed verification should always be done through known contact info not provided to you in that message. For example, to contact Apple, you would always use the number provided here. For the original message scam, you would contact DOT yourself to verify before making any such payment from a message. That number would be readily available using your local governments website not given to you in the message.

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Please update if you provided the scammer with any personal info or downloaded software where you would need to enter your computer password to install.

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