Victim Location 33990
Total money lost $200
Type of a scam Tech Support
They called me and informed me that they were Apple Technical Support and told me that my Apple Account had red flags indicating it was compromised , I asked what to do? They said go to your laptop , then I got suspicious and said thanks and drop the call , went to Google Search looking for Apple Technical Services and I found one of multiples websites which seems legitimate to me. I called to the number provided and to my surprise the voice seemed almost identical to the previous ( With a heavy Hindi accent). They asked for my Apple Account ID which was my e-mail from yahoo and said Ok let’s access it and said yes , you have purchases from Tampa and Ohio, and asked Do you them? No , I just have a friend in Tampa. Then they said , well we need to remove them and the only way is to perform a physical authentication, I responded what is that and they said you need to go to a Walmart or Walgreen and purchase a $100.00 Apple Card and give us the code after scratching it, I went to a Walgreen and purchased a $100.00 Apple Card and Provided them the code, they said there is a problem with the server, let’s try with a $100.00 from Google Play after providing the code and again them telling me it was of no value, that a larger value play card needed but I should not be worried since after the authentication they will refund the money to my credit card plus a gift card of $50.00 to compensate for the nuisance . Then I REALIZED THIS WAS A SCAM AND A VERY PROFESSIONAL ONE. I BELIEVE THAT THEY WARN PEOPLE OF PROBLEMS WIT APPLE ACCOUNT THEN INSTALL A FAKE WEBSITE IN GOOGLE SUCH A WAY THAT PEOPLE GO THERE CALLTO OTHER PHONE NUMBER PROVIDED BY THEMSELVES AND LOWER THE GUARD LIKE I DID.
PLEASE TRY TO CATCH THIS PEOPLE AND TAKE THEM TO JUSTICE SINCE THEY STEAL THE HARD EARNED MONEY IF INNOCENT. I realized now that what they does for profit is to sell the codes of the play Apple and Google cards to other people. Probably a good way of catching them is to follow track on who uses the Apple and Google Play cards and this can be tracked in that case to the scammers. I will attach the pictures of the two card codes.
Sincerely
Antonio Brito
Cape Coral , Florida.