Defeat the online scammers using your IOS device

Seen a message congratulating you on winning an Apple device? It’s a scam and must be stopped

Sometimes, when you’re happily browsing on your iphone, a pop-up message appears excitedly telling you about a prize you have just won. It’s likely that you will see the message for what it is: a scam. But what can you do about this intrusion and what are those behind it really after?

We’ll answer the second question first. These prompts – together with similar pop-ups saying your iphone has a virus – simply want your details. They appear when you visit rogue websites or those hijacked by scammers and you should never engage with them.

The best method for tackling this scourge is to close it down and wipe any data that may have been stored. Then note the site it came from and either avoid it in future or bring the issue to the webmaster’s attention, but here we’ll show you how to handle those annoying pop-ups.

We all encounter internet scams at some point, but the important thing is that you deal with them the right way