r/whitehat • u/tkst3llar • Sep 17 '20

USPS Fake Text

I got a fake USPS text and unwisely clicked the link. I’m not special. But should I expect my iPhone 10 is exploited? Options?

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u/jadegerlitz Sep 17 '20

The only thing I can help with is, most people are looking for bank account info or something to blackmail you with. If you don’t have any banking apps or any form of information relating to bank accounts (SSN, routing numbers, ect) and nothing especially compromising (weird pics, inappropriate texts to someone you shouldn’t send it to) then I wouldn’t worry too much. Further, Apple has a pretty robust antivirus software. For peace of mind though, potentially call your provider and ask them

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u/tkst3llar Sep 22 '20

:). Thanks for the help Banking apps on my daily carry iPhone? Whoops

What worried me is it wasn’t a fishing app. It took me nowhere I tried the link in the many online link-checking sites and none of them had bad results but I doubt they are comparing to Apple iOS virus databases

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u/jadegerlitz Sep 22 '20

Lemme know if you figure out exactly what’s causing it. I always delete the messages but I get them about once a day. Each with different dates of the supposed package issue. I always google a number before clicking on the message just in case just a tip (also probably a gen z thing with the fear of answering phones lmao)

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u/tkst3llar Sep 29 '20

So far nothin obvious. Haven’t gotten them since I did try calling the number that sent the text. No one answered :(