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"Mandatory action required", is this real?

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Nick Milner said:
There’s a theory that scams like this are intentionally badly written (typos etc.) because people foolish enough to fall for obvious scams are more likely to pay up. Scammers don’t want to waste their time arguing with smart people.
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I have read this before and it makes sense in a perverse way. Weed out the 'more aware' so the creeps can focus time and resources on the 'unaware'.
 
sb_stefan said:
How do you know? Not that I don't trust you, I'm just curios.
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Legitimate companies do not use scare tactics. They would also not tell you to install something in response to a security risk, because that in itself can be an additional security risk. If you don't believe people here, then contact Apple and ask them. They will tell you something equivalent or similar to what I just stated.

I know someone will bring up the example of Windows, but I think it's nonsense when they do this too.
 
sb_stefan said:
This popped up on my iPhone while browsing the web. Is it real or a scam?

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I think i came into my iphone too once and i thought it is for real. Were you browsing while this popped up? If yes which website were you on?
 
The url should be enough to give it away anything apple related would come from Apple.com and be via a https connection, on iOS it should be green padlock with Apple, Inc in the navigation bar url field.
 
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Looks like OP's question was answered. Thank you to those that helped. Thread closed.
 
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