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Fake Apple Pay charge brings the classic tech support scam to your phone

ID: 58f9a0d8-fec8-5563-9a7c-2f7fd0029e8f

STIX ID: report--58f9a0d8-fec8-5563-9a7c-2f7fd0029e8f

Feed Name: Malwarebytes Blog

Threat Score
30/100

Date Published: 2026-08-27

Date Updated: 2026-08-28

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This report analyzes a persistent mobile tech-support scam that fakes an Apple Pay transaction and Apple security warnings to scare iPhone users into calling a scam phone number; it details the webpage's HTML/JavaScript tricks (hardcoded receipt fields, Web Speech API voice alerts, history/popstate and beforeunload handlers) and provides user guidance to close the tab, verify real purchase history, and avoid calling or granting remote access.

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