Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announces that Illinois residents should be weary on the phone, as there is a sophisticated phone scam going around the state. Residents have been receiving an unsolicited phone call from someone who is claiming to be a representative of Apple, warning them that their device or iCloud account has been compromised. The caller then asks for personal information, such as passwords or usernames. The call that comes in are numbers ranging from 1-800-275-22-73 and 703-336-84-50. These numbers appear legitimate, since the resdients’ caller id shows that the calls are coming from Apple Customer Service or Apple Incorporated, but Dart says that Apple, who is aware of the scam, says that their service representatives would never ask for personal information like that over the phone.
