Saturday 22 October 2022

Apple Pay text message scam

 

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One of our local borough residents received the above (screenshot of a) fake phishing scam purporting to be from Apple Pay on her mobile. She reported it but alerted us to warn others.

A quick check of the fake url on Virustotal

 

fake apply pay url

VT flags it as malicious url
flags it as malicious.

Suspicious text messages should be forwarded to the number 7726 which is free of charge. Reported and sent above to this number.

Needless to say do no click on links that turn out of the blue. Take time to research and check out this blog for advice and further information on similar scams.

Find out more here.

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