The message goes like this: “Dear Janice, we have your packet in the queue. Interestingly, these scam text messages are written so that the receiver believes that they were not meant for him/her but were sent by mistake. What people get is a text message saying that they have been “selected” for a unique opportunity to receive a free, new iPhone 12 and that they need to click on the available link, which will lead them through the whole process.
You got a message saying that you are the winner of a trial version of the iPhone 12 post-release, which you will get for free. We have to warn people that this is just one of the common phishing scams that aim to harvest your username, password, and credit card information, and everybody has to be aware of it. Rest assured that you are not getting an iPhone 12 – at least not for free. It is a fake request from Apple to see how the new phone is doing after launch. Since the iPhone 12 was just released, cybercriminals use this to deceive people and get their credit card details by convincing them that they can participate in a special iPhone 12 trial. This scam is the latest attempt to grab a person’s private information, so mobile phone users should be careful. Numerous people have reported a mobile phishing campaign that keeps spreading via text messages and comes from an Apple chatbot. Just look at the previous one – remember the Free iPhone 11 scheme? Let’s dive into this new case. Something like this happens every time when a new version of the device is released. Beware of a new Free iPhone 12 scam that is going around.