Apple ID has remote login
Need to click on the SMS link to see more information?
The user who received this text message
Be sure not to click on the link
This is a scam text message!!!
Xiaobian found on the Internet that some netizens have received similar text messages, clicked the link to fill in the relevant information, and the bound bank card was stolen.
What "trick" did the scammer use to steal the money in the bank card, please read down.
Scams demystified
Since the SMS content format is too similar to Apple's official SMS template, it is not necessary that users will find the traps set by scammers in SMS.
Click on the SMS link to view the details, the website will ask the user to fill in their Apple ID account and password, and after filling in, it will prompt that the problem of remote login has been solved. Soon, you will receive an official Apple email in the email address corresponding to your Apple ID.
It turns out that after filling in the information, the scammer has the user's Apple ID account password and will add the scammer's own phone number to the trusted device. In this way, scammers can use the bank card bound to the Apple ID to steal the money.
How to distinguish between scam text messages and Apple's official text messages, just remember this.
Scammers will use fake numbers to send text messages to your phone, and although the content is imitated realistically, a closer look can tell the difference in numbers. Scammers can set arbitrary numbers through software, which usually start with "+" or "00".
If you accidentally click on the link to fill in the account password information, how to delete the number of the scammer in the trusted device to ensure that the associated bank card is not stolen?
How to view Apple ID
Have you added additional trusted phone numbers?
Click "Settings" - "Apple ID, iClould, Media & Purchases" - "Password & Security" - "View trusted phone numbers, you can directly remove related numbers"
Police reminder
1. When receiving an abnormal text message, you must first confirm whether the number is correct, and the unknown number is likely to be a fraudulent text message;
2. Unfamiliar links are not clicked, and personal information is not filled in;
3. If you are accidentally deceived, please save the relevant evidence and call the 110 police number as soon as possible.
Source: Zhuhai Traffic Police