Anybody ever heard of this one? RE IPhone

[Catman100]

So I gave my mother my old iphone 4 a couple of years ago and it has always worked fine for her. She just uses it for texting, pics, and calls. She never uses the app store and doesn't even know her apple id.

Two days ago she wakes up at 5 am, looks at her phone and its all good. Sometime around 645 she is checking her email on her computer and she gets an email from apple support saying there is suspicious activity with her apple id and they shut off her phone. Sure enough, when she goes to look at her phone it was totally off. Could not turn it on or anything. Totally dead. I went to her home and did one of those hard reboots and it finally turned on. Battery charge was at 98% so I know the phone battery was not dead.

Called Apple and Att and both said the phone was never turned off, or better yet, they did not turn it off. Email from apple support was not from an apple email and it was an obvious phishing attempt.

But how the hell did they turn off her phone? ATT and Apple said it was a fluke and that nobody could have turned it off. Anybody ever heard of anything like that? Total WTF

 

[dgtatu01]

Not sure, but I would not do any banking or financial transactions from that phone.

 

[funKYcat75]

Someone hacked her iTunes account and password. You can put a phone in Lost Mode (or whatever it’s called) via the Find my iPhone app/feature.

 

[Lightbringer12]

This is a total guess but if they hacked the phone they likely knew what buttons she was pressing. It’s possible maybe they saw her pressing the power button and “simulated” a black screen so as to have her release the power button just so it goes to black screen without it actually turning off. Like the above person said don’t do anything important on it as someone is probably watching it...

 

[Kaizer Sosay]

Pretty clear what is going on if you have the ability to recognize the signs. Your mom is obviously a heroin dealer. And the Feds have hacked her phone hoping that she will lead them to her source.

Pretty simple really. Your mom should toss that phone in the river, change her identity, and leave the country immediately.

 

[funKYcat75]

Pretty clear what is going on if you have the ability to recognize the signs. Your mom is obviously a heroin dealer. And the Feds have hacked her phone hoping that she will lead them to her source.

Pretty simple really. Your mom should toss that phone in the river, change her identity, and leave the country immediately.

She needs two phones. One for the plug and one for the load.

 

[jtrue28]

Just get her a new phone. And while you’re at it, sign her up for a new Apple ID. Also tell her to use a better password this time.