When you browse a website on your iPhone, you may receive a pop-up message claiming to have won an Amazon or Walmart gift card. The message appears below.
Dear Apple iPhone user,
Congratulations Apple iPhone user! You are one of 10 users we have selected in “” to claim a $1,000 Amazon Gift Card or a $1,000 Walmart Gift Card!
Stop! Do not proceed to the survey and avoid clicking Ok.
The scam message will show you a survey of questions to answer (with authentic YouTube coloring and icons) in order to receive the free “gift card”. You will also see fake user profile reactions who have claimed to have won the gift card. The message will instruct you to “hurry” as there are a limited amount of prized left to be won.
The reason you see this pop-up scam message is due to an expired URL link or old bookmarked link you are using that has cached cookies and images. The link is redirected to the scam website. You will need to re-browse the website you are trying to visit using the method below.
Follow the steps below to remove the pop-up message to allow you to browse the website again.
Alternatively, you can manually browse the website page (type in the URL of the website into Safari and navigate to the website page you were on earlier) you were trying to earlier and update your bookmark this way.
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