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Locked phone scam.

Anonymous
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Has anybody else received a screen message saying that your phone has been blocked and it can only be unlocked for £100.  This is very scary.  Can it happen or is it just a scam.

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viridis
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There was something recently about this but cannot remember what.
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@Anonymous wrote:

Has anybody else received a screen message saying that your phone has been blocked and it can only be unlocked for £100.  This is very scary.  Can it happen or is it just a scam.


It's a scam.

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It was a scam on iPhones last year where the iCloud accounts had been hacked and the message was posted using the lost phone facility.
I posted a thread on here about it somewhere.
I have no affiliation whatsoever with O2 or any subsidiary companies. Comments posted are entirely of my own opinion. This is not Customer Service so we are unable to help with account specific issues.

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Here http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Off-topic/News-Apple-users-Make-sure-you-have-a-Passlock-set/m-p/672395...
I have no affiliation whatsoever with O2 or any subsidiary companies. Comments posted are entirely of my own opinion. This is not Customer Service so we are unable to help with account specific issues.

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Glad i read this thread i will know its spam if i receive anything thank you. 

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Thanks very much.  Feel better now.

 

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