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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1768804" data-attributes="member: 190607">This is simply a variation on the Scareware that is common for the Macintosh:Scary Internet Scam Becoming Disturbingly Common<a href="https://tidbits.com/2015/07/07/scary-internet-scam-becoming-disturbingly-common/" target="_blank">http://tidbits.com/article/15777</a>It's totally caused by a bit of Javascript that was embedded in an ad pushed to an otherwise innocent Web site that she visited.&nbsp; There is no malware on her phone and there is nothing at all to be concerned about as long as you DON'T CALL ANY PHONE NUMBER IN THE MESSAGE!The only problem occurs if you find that you can't navigate away from the scary message.&nbsp; I think that Apple has patched iOS so that can't occur anymore, but if it does, this Web site is devoted specifically to the iPhone version of this scam and how you can navigate away from it:<a href="http://www.glodark.com/iPhone_scam.htm" target="_blank">iPhone iPod-Touch Scam</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1768804, member: 190607"] This is simply a variation on the Scareware that is common for the Macintosh: Scary Internet Scam Becoming Disturbingly Common [URL='https://tidbits.com/2015/07/07/scary-internet-scam-becoming-disturbingly-common/']http://tidbits.com/article/15777[/URL] It's totally caused by a bit of Javascript that was embedded in an ad pushed to an otherwise innocent Web site that she visited. There is no malware on her phone and there is nothing at all to be concerned about as long as you DON'T CALL ANY PHONE NUMBER IN THE MESSAGE! The only problem occurs if you find that you can't navigate away from the scary message. I think that Apple has patched iOS so that can't occur anymore, but if it does, this Web site is devoted specifically to the iPhone version of this scam and how you can navigate away from it: [URL="http://www.glodark.com/iPhone_scam.htm"]iPhone iPod-Touch Scam[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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