Locked phone scam.

[Anonymous]

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.

[viridis]

There was something recently about this but cannot remember what.

[Anonymous]

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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.

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It's a scam.

[MI5]

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.

[MI5]

Here http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Off-topic/News-Apple-users-Make-sure-you-have-a-Passlock-set/m-p/672395...

[viridis]

Also reported here on androids.
http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/Warning-for-when-you-are-browsing-on-ur-phone/m-p/...

[viridis]

And a direct link to the phonepayplus information post
http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/For-Business/Early-Warning-System/2015/February/Compromised-Sites.asp...

[viridis]

And a link how to get rid of it
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/fbi-ransomware-hits-android-avoid-getting-remove/

[Poppysmum]

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

[Anonymous]

Thanks very much.  Feel better now.