An iPhone user on TikTok says he was targeted by hackers posing as Apple this week as part of a high-level scam.
TikTok user Jon Rettinger explained in a video posted on Sunday how he began receiving alerts indicating that someone was attempting to reset his password.
“That seemed weird,” he explained. “So I went and changed my AppleID password from my iPhone just for an extra layer of protection.”
@jrettinger This is nuts. Stay vigilante.
But just two minutes later, Rettinger says he received a phone call that appeared to be coming directly from Apple.
“The caller ID said Apple,” he noted.
The individual on the phone told Rettinger that they had detected the two password reset attempts as well as the actual password reset and were concerned about potential fraud.
Rettinger, who lives in California, says the caller further alleged that the password reset attempts had been made by someone in Canada.
The caller then proceeded to ask the TikToker to enroll in an “Advanced Protection” program allegedly offered by Apple. Although Rettinger began to suspect something was amiss, the caller said the program would freeze his Apple account to ensure no further password reset attempts could be made.
But Rettinger says that is when the “red lights” began to go off in his head. The caller claimed that in order to enroll him in the program, the TikToker would have to read off a…
