Ramble for October 12, 2026 story time I got scammed by Apple
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Gordon
You said that this occurred back in 2022, so it possibly was the Pegasus virus that was making its way on to iPhones. You might have clicked on a link in an email, not knowing what it was, or a text message or something like that, which would have put the virus on your phone. At that point, the person responsible for putting the virus on your phone would have full access to your phone, your text messages, all communications, and everything else that you were doing with your phone. So the way that they knew the bad thing that you did was by going through your text messages. if you ever talked about it, then they could've obtained access to your Apple ID that way. And the Pegasus virus was running crazy back in 2022 before Apple nailed it down and fixed it. The safest thing you can do is never ever ever ever click a link anywhere if you're not totally positive what it is and where it's going to.
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Gordon
These days, you never ever want to believe anything unless you know for a fact where it's coming from. So even if someone text you about something you did, if it's not coming from the person you did it with or someone within your group of friends, it would know that you did it, don't give them anything, or even acknowledge them in anyway. These scams are getting a lot more sophisticated these days because of AI, so the scammers have upgraded and we have to as well with our knowledge.
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Igor
Whatever actually happened, it sounds like someone cobbled a bunch of data together fr various sources to run scams, did the activity ever end up stopping? Pegasus it likely wasn’t, given its nature as a highly targeted exploit pushed to very carefully selected individuals. Also for what it’s worth, Apple has been legitimately warning victims of targeted spyware for years now.
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