Pretended to be from Apple Store

December 21, 2024

The call was from a Chinese speaker saying I requested information in Chinese. While I do indeed speak Chinese, I prefer all communication in English. This person would not explain what was going on and kept speaking in Chinese. I believe it’s a scam that is spoofing Apple’s support number.

August 11, 2024

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AppleCare+ AppleCare+ for iPhone includes unlimited incidents of accidental damage protection.3 Each incident is subject to the service fees listed below, plus applicable tax. In addition, you’ll get Express Replacement Service4 and 24/7 priority access to Apple experts by chat or phone.2 AppleCare+ with Theft and Loss Get everything included in AppleCare+ and up to two incidents of theft or loss coverage every 12 months.3 Each incident is subject to the deductible listed below. Theft and loss coverage requires you to have Find My enabled on your device at the time it is lost or stolen and throughout the claims process.5 One stop for support Minimize the amount of time without your iPhone with Express Replacement Service Because Apple designs iPhone, iOS, and many applications, iPhone is a truly integrated system. And only AppleCare+ products provide one-stop service and support from Apple experts, so most issues can be resolved in a single call. 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March 26, 2024

Company name is Apple.com Bill. No relation to the real Apple.

January 3, 2024

Fraud alert scam message

December 10, 2023

Not an Apple/Goldman Sacs number

July 8, 2023

This is not a scam. It’s Apple Support. They are helping trouble shoot a technical issue

May 3, 2022

Trash. Have no idea who/what they are.

April 25, 2022

Not current number

April 18, 2022

Telemarketing

April 13, 2022

Allow

April 13, 2022

Legit # for actual Apple support

April 11, 2022

No long need support.

April 7, 2022

Clearly a scam

March 27, 2022

Apple care

March 23, 2022

Service

March 20, 2022

Good

March 18, 2022

Information

February 19, 2022

Apple Support (Legit)

February 16, 2022

Apple support

February 2, 2022

Allow

January 12, 2022

Scam to get your iPhone information; Microsoft Dell Apple never merged check Phone ID

January 12, 2022

Allow

January 9, 2022

Unsolicited!

December 31, 2021

Apple

December 30, 2021

No Janet here, wrong number.

December 24, 2021

Let their calls thru.

December 7, 2021

Caller hung up during screening

December 4, 2021

Apple support

November 10, 2021

Apple Support calling you

October 26, 2021

Computer start up

October 25, 2021

Apple Support

October 23, 2021

Always allow calls from this number

October 9, 2021

How are all these companies calling at once???

October 8, 2021

Apple support

October 1, 2021

Allow

September 28, 2021

I need this on to call

September 17, 2021

Stop blocking calls from this company Plz

September 16, 2021

Allow

September 13, 2021

Apple support

September 8, 2021

It’s very important let this call thru

September 6, 2021

Block them and report them. !!!!

September 6, 2021

I do not believe this was Apple support

September 2, 2021

Do not answer or call this number back. It is a Criminal Org that has set up number to look like Apple 800, but they are just trying to get your information!!

August 31, 2021

Apple

August 24, 2021

It don’t ring in coming calls

August 12, 2021

this is a telemarketing scam Apple sent me a email for me to recognize and avoid Pershing Messages phone support calls and other scams Apple support gave me a case number

August 11, 2021

your program s****. I cant get calls from Apple or any other large support cent. ENOUGH WITH YIUR AWFUL PROGRAM

July 27, 2021

Tech Support

July 10, 2021

Problem with a charge on my Apple Card

June 24, 2021

Helping me fix my iMac

June 21, 2021

TT # 101399772354

June 3, 2021

Important

May 25, 2021

None

April 7, 2021

Not spam

March 23, 2021

Apple support is a joke, I wasted 45 mins. Of my life on the phone with a apple Specialist just trying to get my password reset!!!!!?!?!(

March 17, 2021

Don't Allow

February 25, 2021

Apple support

February 19, 2021

Said I called them

February 15, 2021

Allow

February 6, 2021

Person helped me w tech support

January 28, 2021

Yes

January 21, 2021

Phone apple

January 12, 2021

Always let this number ring. He is a friend and is in contacts.

January 8, 2021

Apple care

January 7, 2021

They called me back

December 29, 2020

18

December 21, 2020

This call should have went through she called me back because the call was dropped.

December 13, 2020

This has come thru to my phone and sometimes directly to voicemail. They have many different phone numbers. This is completely bogus.

December 3, 2020

Apple Support - Legit

November 25, 2020

Please allow

November 19, 2020

APPLE CARE FAKE 8002752273

November 16, 2020

Scam

October 27, 2020

Help with my computer

October 19, 2020

Do not block

October 8, 2020

Apple care returning call

September 28, 2020

Apple

September 14, 2020

Apple CS

September 11, 2020

Allow

September 9, 2020

Phishing scam. Said my iCloud account was hacked. I hung up before giving out any info.

September 1, 2020

Apple Care

August 31, 2020

Scam call. I don't have an IPhone or an Icloud account. Don't answer.

August 29, 2020

Wanted money! Obviously not an Apple call!

August 27, 2020

Apple

August 24, 2020

I was expecting this call.

August 22, 2020

Apple Care Spoof

August 20, 2020

Apple Care

August 20, 2020

Apple Rebecca

August 18, 2020

Hacker

August 18, 2020

Unwanted calls & blocked

August 17, 2020

Block This Scam Caller. I have Blocked the Contact information. Thank you.

August 17, 2020

Acts like Apple support

August 16, 2020

Apple

August 15, 2020

Wanted my Apple ID said my account had been hacked

August 12, 2020

Known spam recording according to RoboKiller

August 10, 2020

Customer service for Apple products.

August 6, 2020

I called them & they were returning my call

August 6, 2020

Apple account breach

August 5, 2020

apple support

July 30, 2020

Legit

July 29, 2020

Fake "your Apple ID and your iCloud account has been breached" or US Treasury scam by madarchod criminals phoning from India. This call is either a fake Apple scam or IRS scam threatening to arrest you by criminals robo-dialing from India. The scam begins with a pre-recorded robotic person speaking English, often with bad grammar, that is generated using text-to-speech translation software to disguise the origin of this India scam who pretends to be from Apple Support and tells you either that your IP address and iCloud account were accessed from different overseas locations, or they found some suspicious activities found on your Apple iCloud account, or that your Apple ID and iCloud account has been breached. Or the recording mentions "enforcement action executed by the US treasury intending your serious attention". This is a scam lure to get you to respond to the scam and then you talk to an Indian scammer who pretends to be Apple Support and first asks you a few questions such as where you have used your computer and whether you shared your iCloud login with other people, just to sound like authentic Apple support, and then he tells you that he needs your Apple iCloud user name and password and credit card number or bank account/routing number "for verification purposes" so they can make corrections to your account. Another version of this Apple scam involves the fake Apple scammer telling you to visit a website or download a file that allows the scammer to gain access to your computer, he instructs you to reset your Apple login, and since the scammer can now see your computer desktop, he can see what you are resetting for your Apple password and he steals it. Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Dell, and others will never phone you like this with an automated security alert, ask for your credit card or bank account number in any way, or ask you to visit an unknown website! I toyed with this scammer for more than 20 minutes, feeding him totally fake information, before the toilet scum yelled profanities at me while I could not stop laughing. More than 95% of North America phone scams come from India scammers who operate hundreds of fraud, extortion, and money laundering scams every day such as posing as a fake pharmacy; fake Social Security officer saying your benefits are suspended; IRS officer collecting on fake unpaid back taxes; bill collector threatening you for fake unpaid debts; fake bank, financial, or Fedex/UPS/DHL scams; pretending to offer fake health insurance, car warranty, student loan forgiveness, credit card and debt consolidation services; posing as Amazon to falsely say an unauthorized purchase was made to your credit card or your Prime membership was auto-debited from your bank; posing as Microsoft/Dell/HP/Apple and saying your account has been hacked or they detected a problem or virus on your computer; fake "we are refunding your money" or "your account has been auto-debited" scams; fake Google/Alexa listing and work-from-home scams; posing as an electric utility or Verizon/AT&T/Comcast to say your service is suspended; fake solar panel and home purchase offers; fake fundraisers asking for donations; fake political and lifestyle phone surveys; and the scammers try to steal your credit card, bank account/routing number, Social Security number, and personal information. One India call center may cycle through a fake Social Security, computer subscription auto-renewal, pharmacy, and credit card offer scam during one week. People often hear different scams from the same spoofed Caller ID number. Scammers often use disposable VoIP phone numbers (e.g. MagicJack devices) or they spoof fake Caller ID phone numbers. Anyone can use telecom software or a third-party service to phone using fake CID names/numbers. India scammers often spoof fake "8xx-" toll-free numbers. The CID name/number is useless with scam calls unless the scam asks you to phone them back and the CID area code is almost never the origin of the call. You waste your time researching the CID number since scams use spoofed CID numbers from across the U.S. and Canada, totally invalid area codes, and also fake foreign country CID numbers; e.g. fake women crying "help me" emergency scams from India often spoof Mexico and Middle East CID numbers. India scammers also spoof the actual phone numbers of businesses such as Apple, Verizon, and U.S. banks to trick you into thinking that a call is valid. How can you avoid being scammed by phone calls? NEVER trust any unsolicited caller who sells something (most unsolicited calls are scams so your odds of saving money are very poor); asks for your Social Security number; offers a free gift or reward; threatens you with arrest/lawsuit or says you need to reply back soon (pressure tactics); asks you to access a website, download a file, wire transfer money or buy gift cards; claims suspicious activity on an online account; says your subscription is being refunded or auto-renewed/auto-debited; and all pre-recorded messages. Recorded messages are far more likely to be malicious scams, and not just telemarketing spam. A common India scam phones you with a fake Amazon recording about a purchase of an iPhone, but Amazon never robo-dials and Amazon account updates are communicated in emails. Many banks use automated fraud alert phone calls to confirm a suspicious purchase, but always verify the number that the message tells you to phone or just call the number printed on your credit card. Any unsolicited caller with a foreign accent, usually Indian, should immediately be treated as a scam. Many scams tell a lie that you recently inquired about a job, insurance, social security benefits, or that you contacted them or visited their website. Scammers try to gain your trust by saying your name when they call, but the autodialer is automatically displaying your name to the scammer or saying your name in a recording when your number is dialed using phone databases that have millions of names and addresses. India scammers often phone with an initial pre-recorded message speaking English, Spanish, or Chinese that is easily generated using text-to-speech translation software to disguise the origin of their India phone room, but then you speak to the scammer when you press 1 or call them back. Some speech synthesis software sound robotic, but others sound natural. To hide their foreign accents, some India scammers use non-Indians in their phone room. India scammers use interactive voice response (IVR) robotic software that combines voice recognition with artificial intelligence, speaks English with American voices, and responds based on your replies. IVR calls begin with: "Hi, this is fake_name, I am a fake_job_title on a recorded line, can you hear me okay?"; or "Hi, this is fake_name, how are you doing today?"; or "Hello? (pause) Are you there?"; or "Hi, may I speak to your_name?" IVR quickly asks you a short question to elicit a yes/no reply so it hangs up if it encounters voicemail. IVR robots understand basic replies, yes/no/what answers, and basic questions. To test for IVR, ask "How is the weather over there?" since IVR cannot answer complex questions. IVR robots keep talking if you interrupt them in mid-sentence. IVR usually transfers you to the scammer, but some scams entirely use IVR with the robot asking for your credit card or SSN. A common myth is that IVR calls record you saying "yes" so scammers can authorize purchases just using your "yes" voice, but scammers need more information than just a simple recorded "yes" from you - credit cards and SSN. Phone/email scams share two common traits: 1) The Caller ID name/number and the "From:" header on emails are easily faked; and 2) The intent of scam calls is malicious just as file attachments and website links on scam emails are harmful. Scams snowball for many victims. If your personal/financial data are stolen, either by being scammed, visiting a malicious website, or by a previous data breach of a business server that stores your data, then your data gets sold by scammers on the dark web who then see you as fresh meat and prey on you even more. This is why some receive 40+ scam calls everyday while others get 0 to 2 calls per day. If you provide your personal and financial data to a phone scammer, lured by fake 80%-discounted drugs or scared by fake IRS officers, you receive far more phone scams and identity theft can take years to repair. Most unsolicited calls are scams, often with an Indian accent. No other country is infested with pandemics of phone room sweatshops filled with criminals who belong to the lowest India caste and many are thieves and rapists who were serving jail time but released early due to prison overcrowding. India scammers shout profanities at you. Just laugh at their abusive language. Google "Hindi swear words" and memorize some favorites, e.g. call him "Rundi Ka Bacha" (son of whore) or call her "Rundi Ki Bachi" (daughter of whore). Scammers ignore the National Do-Not-Call Registry and asking scammers to stop calling is useless. You do these scammers a favor by quickly hanging up. But you ruin their scams when you slowly drag them along on the phone call, always give them fake personal and credit card data (16 random digits starting with 4 for Visa, 5 for MasterCard), ask them to speak louder and repeat what they said to waste their time and energy.

July 25, 2020

I believed the number is spoofed ... do not press any buttons. Hang-up and call Apple yourself if you are worried

July 9, 2020

I miss part of it on the vmail. Only press one to speak to a federal officer or marshall depending on the call to avoid prison time for my failure to comply. Sometimes comes in with this number, sometimes unknown. Same robotic voice. Ooooh....I'm shakin' darlin'. Same voice also calls to renew my car warranty - which driving second hand, 10+ year old cars don't have....

July 8, 2020

called 4:09pm saying your social security account has been breached. seriously these people need to get a life!

July 2, 2020

The same as above, I used my land line call blocker, .

June 19, 2020

BS call to my work phone from Apple Support. At work, I don't use Apple products.

June 13, 2020

APPLE Scam

March 19, 2020

Fake "your Apple ID and your iCloud account has been breached" scam call by madarchod criminals phoning from India where the Caller ID number may spoof an actual valid Apple phone number This is a fake Apple scam by criminals robo-dialing from India. The scam begins with a pre-recorded robotic person speaking English with very bad grammar that is generated using text-to-speech translation software to disguise the origin of this India scam who pretends to be from Apple and tells you that "them up from Apple support just to alert you that your Apple ID and your iCloud account has been breached. We have found some suspicious activities found on your Apple iCloud account that your Apple iCloud account has been tried to log in several times. If those attempts were not made by you, please contact Apple support to stop unauthorized activities on your Apple iCloud account. Press 1 to connect Apple Support executive and press 2 to listen this message again. Thank you to listen this message." (This transcript is exactly verbatim with all the bad grammar that the India scammer typed into their speech synthesis software lol) This is a scam lure to get you to respond to the scam and then you talk to an East Indian scammer who first asks you a few questions such as where you have used your computer and whether you shared your iCloud login with other people, just to sound like authentic Apple support, and then he tells you that he needs your Apple iCloud user name and password and credit card number or bank account and routing number "for verification purposes" so they can make corrections to your account. Another version of this Apple scam involves the fake Apple scammer telling you to visit a website or download a file that allows the scammer to gain access to your computer, he instructs you to reset your Apple login, and since the scammer can now see your computer's desktop, he can see what you are resetting for your Apple password and he steals it. Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Dell, and others will never phone you like this with an automated security alert, ask for your credit card or bank account number in any way, or ask you to visit an unknown website! I played with these scammers for more than 20 minutes, feeding them totally fake information, before the toilet scum yelled profanities at me while I could not stop laughing. More than 95% of all North America phone scams originate from crowded phone rooms in India that rotate through numerous different fraud, extortion, and money laundering scams every day such as pretending to be a fake pharmacy, posing as fake Social Security officers saying your benefits are suspended or fake IRS officers collecting on fake unpaid back taxes or fake bill collectors threatening you for fake unpaid debts, pretending to offer fake health insurance, car warranty, and debt, student loan forgiveness, credit card consolidation services, posing as Amazon to falsely say that an unauthorized purchase was made to your account or that your Prime membership was auto-debited from your credit card or bank account, posing as Microsoft or HP to say that your software needs renewal or they detected a problem with your computer, fake "we are refunding your money" or "your account has been auto-debited" scams, pretending to be DHL, UPS, or a bank, falsely stating that they installed ransomware virus on your computer and you need to pay them money, etc, and the scammers try to steal your credit card, bank account and routing number, or Social Security number and personal information. Some scammers try to gain your trust by looking up the name associated with your phone number and asking for you by name when they call. Many India scammers now phone you with an initial pre-recorded robotic person speaking English, Spanish, or Chinese that is easily generated using text-to-speech translation software to disguise the origin of their India phone room, but then you speak to the East Indian scammer when you take the bait and respond to the pre-recorded message. Scammers always either use disposable VoIP phone numbers (e.g. MagicJack devices) or they spoof fake Caller ID phone numbers. Anyone, including you, can use telecom software or a third-party service to phone using fake names and phone numbers that show up on Caller ID. India scammers often spoof fake toll-free Caller ID numbers that begin with "8". The Caller ID name and number is often useless with scam calls unless the scam setup asks you to phone them back and the Caller ID area code is almost never the area from which the scam call actually originated since many scams use fake area codes from across the U.S. and Canada, and also purposely faked foreign country Caller ID numbers (e.g. fake women crying "help me" emergency scams often use fake Mexico and Middle Eastern Caller ID numbers). Some India scammers also spoof the actual real phone numbers of businesses such as Apple, Verizon, and U.S. banks so when you phone the number back, you realize that you were scammed from the spoofed Caller ID number of the actual business. What is the best way to avoid being scammed by a phone call? Never trust any unsolicited caller or anyone who phones you with any kind of sales offer (more than 90% of unsolicited sales calls are scams so your odds of saving money are poor), any kind of legal or arrest threats, any claims of suspicious activity on an account, any claims of refunds or auto-renewed/auto-debited accounts, and any pre-recorded messages. Any unsolicited caller with a foreign accent (usually East Indian) should immediately be treated as a scam until proven otherwise. India scammers do not care about the U.S. National Do-Not-Call Registry and asking scammers to stop calling has no effect. I love to play with these scammers and keep them on the phone by pretending to be interested in their scam because many scam victims are the senile elderly. You do these scammers a favor by yelling at them and immediately hanging up. But you ruin their scams by slowly dragging them along on the phone call, calling them back if their phone number can be phoned, pretending to be interested in their product or service, pretending that you are worried when they threaten you, always giving them fake credit card numbers and fake personal information, asking them to speak louder and to repeat what they said to use up more of their energy, pretending to innocently ask the scum why he is shouting profanities at me, etc. The best defense against phone scammers is a good offense by not quickly hanging up the phone, but instead toying with them for at least 10 or 20 minutes to use up more of their time and energy so they have less time to deceive an elderly victim. Never give an unknown caller your credit card number or Social Security number. Companies who already have your information may ask for the last four digits for verification. Some India scammers ask for your bank account and routing number or ask you to wire transfer them a payment, giving a fake explanation that they cannot accept a credit card or personal check. This is an instant scammer alert because scammers can withdraw money if they know your bank account and routing number (e.g. counterfeit cashed checks) and illegal wire transfers are far less traceable than unauthorized credit card charges. India scammers may threaten to have you arrested, but the IRS, Social Security Administration, and debt collectors cannot threaten to arrest or sue you on the phone; they are required to send you paper notices by registered mail. Local law enforcement also will never phone you and say that officers are coming to arrest you (many India extortions threaten to send officers); if the police really want to arrest you, they just show up with a warrant without phoning first. Some India scammers ask you to use your browser to visit a website that allows the scammer to directly access and control your computer and then they can install a ransomware virus to extort money from you, or they ask you to download a virus file to your computer. If the scam sounds very authentic, ask the scammer for their verifiable company name, street address, and a callback number that can be searched and matched to the company name and address, which all real businesses will provide. Every East Indian scammer will immediately fail this test since they all use spoofed fake Caller ID numbers or VoIP numbers that they quickly dispose of. Never trust any unsolicited call because they are mostly scammers, usually with a slight or strong East Indian foreign accent, and most scam calls originate from India. No other foreign country is infested with numerous noisy sweatshops filled with phone scam criminals. These India scammers belong to the lowest India caste and many are thieves, robbers, and rapists who were serving jail sentences and released early due to prison overcrowding. Most India scammers are men, but many are women who also readily shout profanities. Just laugh at them. Google "Hindi swear words" and memorize some favorites to feed to these scammers.

February 10, 2020

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January 22, 2020

AppleCare ID shows on the phone call. This is a complete scam. Apple is aware that the phone number is being used by hackers. As apple stated, they will never reach out to you unless you have contacted them first.

January 22, 2020

Stated the FBI was looking into a case file against me and if I did not call back to social security they would consider this to be fraud and file a lawsuit against me.

January 21, 2020

total scam. I've asked to be removed from their list and they keep calling. It's NOT Apple.

January 13, 2020

I do not own Apple equipment. I never had AppleID. Closest I got to Apple was apple pie a-la mode. Obviously a scam. I pretended that I was calling one of the gloryhole 900 numbers from the mid-90s. Acted very ... driven. Pretty sure the poor bugger on the other end of the line will wake up in the night screaming "No! Don't pee in there!" ok, my job is done.

January 13, 2020

Called repeatedly within 15 minutes, left a message claiming to be with Apple support. I don't even own an Apple device or have an Apple account, so I knew it was a scam.

January 4, 2020

Apple SCAM Starts with dial 2. Nothing but crap.....

December 15, 2019

Apple SCAM

December 15, 2019

The call is a message claiming to be from Apple.. and something about cloud. I have rec calls every 10 minutes. I have hit 1 the last 5 times, asking them not to call again. One time I even told them our President thinks his country is a shit hole country. ;-) I reminded them that we have lots of guns here in the US. The last time I asked why they keep calling me, and the reply was "because I want to bitch". Does that sound like Apple support to you...? Nope, it is a scam.

December 15, 2019

HARRASSEMENT HARRASSMENT HARRASSMENT HARRESSMENT

December 4, 2019

What a crock.

December 4, 2019

These Mother Fluckers have called several times, I spoke to them once and told them to suck my Weenie and to go Fluck themselves in the rear. These Corksuckers keep calling what a bunch of die hard flucktards I would love to get my hands on these no good Blastards and cut their nuts off and make them eat 'em raw.

December 4, 2019

Applecare Tech Team trying to scam for the I-Cloud System saying your system has been compromised.

November 24, 2019

November 24, 2019

Called repeatedly within 15 minutes, left a message claiming to be with Apple support. I don't even own an Apple device or have an Apple account, so I knew it was a scam

November 19, 2019

this number has called my cell phone 12 times within 1 hour. They call, as soon as I decline the call they call right back. They claim to be apple support.

November 2, 2019

They have called me 11 times since 1:21pm and it is 3:40pm. I have blocked the number but it still shows up later that I missed a call from a blocked number and it's filling up my voicemail with these messages. I want it to stop!!!

October 31, 2019

They called 5 times, every half hour since 6 PM.

October 29, 2019

Robocall indicating my "apple i cloud" account has been breached. "Press 1" to be connected to an Apple assistant. Only problem is I DON'T HAVE and apple i-cloud account.

October 14, 2019

Apple iCloud support scam trying to get your user info

October 14, 2019

Automated attendant indicated that my Apple account was compromised. I don't have an Apple account.

September 30, 2019

met(?) with Apple support. Thank you. Your I cloud account has been breached. So do not perform any online activities. Press one to connect with Apple support. Thank you. INDIAN SCAM..FCUKING MORONS

September 26, 2019

Apple scam; funny, I don't have a single iOS device.

September 20, 2019

Recording said all my Apple devices had a problem and wanted my info. I have NO problems w/any of my devices.

September 16, 2019

Here is an update for a scam report I filed about an hour ago for the number 301-786-0001 (people who did answer and speak with them at this number indicated it was a Social Security scam). Here's the new twist: This v.m. msg starts with the same "Please dial #2", just like the earlier "301" scam call--although that was a male voice and this is female (I presume they want people to be curious and call them back if you don't answer their call directly, so they leave a partial msg. What's new here is at the end, the voice smoothly says, "Or you may call us back at our toll-free number, 516-344-****." (I'm not going to enter the whole number in case someone is curious and tries to call them. 516 IS NOT A TOLL-FREE#, so if you want to play with these scumbags for some reason, DON'T CALL THEM BACK USING THE 516# THEY GIVE YOU. I'm entering this report here because it's pretty clear this is the same group of scammers, just using different numbers and recordings.

September 15, 2019

100% SCAM! Caller stated they were from Apple Support (caller ID even showed Applecare) & that my iCloud has been breached - that someone has stolen my identity & is using it in Germany and Russia. I told them I would call Apple on my own & the caller stated he was the only one who could help with my problem. Fact is, I DON'T OWN ANY APPLE DEVICES!! HA HA! TOTAL SCAM! When I told the caller the FBI was listening to our phone call & will track their location to do a raid, the caller promptly hung up. File a complaint with the FCC to shut them down.

September 5, 2019

Called claiming their Apple Support. Told them to stop scamming people. Instantly replied back, “suck my cock” 😂 so definitely a scam

July 8, 2019

They caller me and ask for my email address (I love messing with scammers) GET THIS I told them it was bobokittyfuck@punchmyvagina.com ,, A TOTAL L O L, I had to repeat it 5 times to the guy (trying so hard not to lauff) Anyway he told me that someone had hacked my I cloud account (ya OK) acted like I was pissed. Then I was told that there would be a fee to correct this problem. Again Ya right! Now I asked him how much more it would be if his girlfriend came over to service me! (Now the worm turns) he gets pissed! He we go,,Oh yaa!! I told him since your trying to jurk me off I figured your old lady can com over and swallow the one eyed monster... I do not know why he hung up on me???

June 13, 2019