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Ipad frozen - ransom
motherofstudents
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I can't find anything on here about this so just wondering if anyone can help. My husband had a message come up on his ipad saying he had engaged in illegal activity and has to pay £100. It was accompanied by some disgusting pornography. I have managed to put the airplane mode on but no idea how to unlock safari. Has anyone come across this scam ? Any idea how to fix it ? I haven't managed to get far by googling.
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What happens if you reboot and delete history and cookies on Safari ?0
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Chino, thank you so much. I really needed those step by step instructions as I am quite useless. It seems to have fixed it. Do you know if he needs to change passwords now ?
Thanks JJ, embarrassed to say I didn't know how to delete cookies.....0 -
My partner got a similar message on her Android phone - I have been living off her being accused of surfing !!!!!! for weeks now (as have the kids). She handed the phone to me in a panic and I just deleted all history, caches, cookies etc. - she was not best pleased because she had to sign back into a lot of sites etc.IITYYHTBMAD0
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How disgusting?0
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Down at the farm0
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It's probably not essential but, for general peace of mind, it wouldn't hurt.motherofstudents wrote: »Do you know if he needs to change passwords now ?0 -
Thank you !
Er, yes the farm featured in it...yuk.0 -
Glad it seems to have fixed it, these scammers boil my blood!!!0
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adblock is your friend0
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