Phishing email ....now possible problem

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Phishing email ....now possible problem

I woke up from a nap this afternoon and while half awake checked my email with my iPhone. I had an email that I thought was from my wife. I clicked on the link in the email as I wasn't yet awake. It opened a page in chrome with little to nothing on it. I checked the email and realized it wasn't my wife's email address. They had her name in it.

I deleted my recent data (month) from the browser and changed my passwords from my macbook. Now, I'm seeing that my ATT internet service has blocked the following page from opening several (dozens) times this afternoon.

Do I need to reset my iPhone to factory or clear ALL data from Chrome/Safari? It is an iPhone 16 Pro Max and the software is up to date.

Thank you for any help or suggestions. I cannot believe I did something so stupid!

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iPhone 16 Pro Max, iOS 18

Posted on Mar 23, 2025 4:43 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 23, 2025 5:33 PM in response to Thomas_North_Carolina

Nothing you did could have caused a problem with your iPhone, unless you entered your Apple ID and password on the scam screen or email. So you don’t really have to do anything. What page did AT&T block? If it was the site that you went to that was blocked it’s because the phishing patrol team caught up with it.

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Answer 2

Mar 24, 2025 8:28 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

Thanks! No log in info was used. It was a different page, but that stopped yesterday afternoon. I feel much better now that the initial panic has gone away.

If nothing else, it was motivation for me to change all of my major passwords and make the full switch from Chrome to Safari.

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