Do not enter any details on pages like Win The New iPhone 12 scam page
Written by Tomas Meskauskas on
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Win The New iPhone 12 scam removal instructions
What is Win The New iPhone 12 scam?
The main purpose of this scam is to trick people into providing contact and other information that supposedly will be used to contact winners of the iPhone 12. Nobody ever wins anything through websites like this one, on the contrary, people who fall for such scams lose money, become victims of identity theft, lose access to personal accounts and/or encounter other issues.
This particular page asks for details like email address, street address, ZIP code, gender, first and last name, date of birth and mobile number. Although, after providing these details users could be contacted and asked for other personal information like credit car details, bank account, usernames, passwords, or pay a shipping, registration, or some other "fee". In one way or another, users are strongly advised not to enter any information on scam websites like this one. Depending on the provided details, scammers could misuse them to make fraudulent purchases, transactions, steal identities, personal accounts, or for other malicious purposes.
It is common that scam websites are promoted via deceptive ads, other untrustworthy pages or potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). It is worthwhile to mention that PUAs can be designed to generate ads (e.g., banners, surveys, coupons, pop-up ads) and/or gather browsing data (e.g., IP addresses, entered search queries, geolocations, addresses of visited websites), or even sensitive information as well. What is worse, their developers could monetize gathered data by selling it to third parties, or misuse it to generate revenue in other ways.
| Name | Win The New iPhone 12 pop-up |
| Threat Type | Phishing, Scam, Social Engineering, Fraud |
| Fake Claim | Visitors can win an iPhone 12 |
| Related Domain | us-12prerelease.yousweeps[.]com |
| Detection Names (us-12prerelease.yousweeps[.]com) | Netcraft (Malicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal) |
| Serving IP Address | 172.67.219.57 |
| Symptoms | Fake error messages, fake system warnings, pop-up errors, hoax computer scan. |
| Distribution methods | Compromised websites, rogue online pop-up ads, potentially unwanted applications. |
| Damage | Loss of sensitive private information, monetary loss, identity theft, possible malware infections. |
| Malware Removal (Windows) | To eliminate possible malware infections, scan your computer with legitimate antivirus software. Our security researchers recommend using Malwarebytes. |
More examples of scam websites are "You've Made The 9.68-Billionth Search", "$500 Amazon Gift Card!" and "Amazon Loyalty Program". As a rule, their main purpose is to trick visitors into believing that they have won (or can win) some prize and providing some personal information and/or paying a certain amount of money. Either way, such websites cannot be trusted, they should be ignored. As mentioned in the previous paragraph, it is common for such pages to be promoted via PUAs. Typically, users do not download and install such apps knowingly.
How did potentially unwanted applications install on my computer?
It is common for PUAs to be distributed by using a deceptive marketing method "bundling". In such cases users download and/or install PUAs together with some other programs when they do not decline offers to download and/or install those apps. Usually unwanted offers can be declined via "Custom", "Advanced", "Manual" or other settings, or by unticking checkboxes that are available in certain download and/or installation setups. In some cases users cause unwanted downloads, or even installations by clicking deceptive ads. They cause it by clicking ads that are designed to execute certain scripts.
How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?
Programs or files should not be downloaded from unofficial websites, via Peer-to-Peer networks (like torrent clients, eMule, etc.), third party downloaders, and so on, or installed via third party installers. They should be downloaded only from official websites and via direct links. Downloads and installations should not be finished without checking setups for unwanted offers (without checking "Custom", "Advanced", or other settings). Also, it is advised not to click advertisements that appear on dubious pages. Those ads could open other shady websites or cause unwanted downloads, or even installations. Any unknown, unwanted extensions, plug-ins or add-ons that are already installed on a web browser should be removed. Apps of this kind are installed on the operating system should be uninstalled too. If your computer is already infected with PUAs, we recommend running a scan with Malwarebytes for Windows to automatically eliminate them.
The appearance of Win The New iPhone 12 scam page (GIF):
Screenshot of the notification from lcutterlyba[.]top that promotes this scam website:
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Quick menu:
- What is Win The New iPhone 12 scam?
- STEP 1. Uninstall deceptive applications using Control Panel.
- STEP 2. Remove rogue extensions from Google Chrome.
- STEP 3. Remove potentially unwanted plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox.
- STEP 4. Remove rogue extensions from Safari.
- STEP 5. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.
- STEP 6. Remove adware from Internet Explorer.
Removal of potentially unwanted applications:
Windows 7 users:
Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and click Uninstall a program.
Windows XP users:
Click Start, choose Settings and click Control Panel. Locate and click Add or Remove Programs.
Windows 10 and Windows 8 users:
Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.
Mac OSX users:
Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.
In the uninstall programs window, look for any suspicious/recently-installed applications, select these entries and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".
After uninstalling the potentially unwanted application, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components or possible malware infections. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.
Remove rogue extensions from Internet browsers:
Video showing how to remove potentially unwanted browser add-ons:
Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:
Click the Chrome menu icon 
(at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "More tools" and click "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons and remove them.
Optional method:
If you continue to have problems with removal of the win the new iphone 12 pop-up, reset your Google Chrome browser settings. Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click the Advanced… link.
After scrolling to the bottom of the screen, click the Reset (Restore settings to their original defaults) button.
In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Google Chrome settings to default by clicking the Reset button.
Remove malicious plugins from Mozilla Firefox:
Click the Firefox menu 
(at the top right corner of the main window), select "Add-ons". Click on "Extensions", in the opened window remove all recently-installed suspicious browser plug-ins.
Optional method:
Computer users who have problems with win the new iphone 12 pop-up removal can reset their Mozilla Firefox settings.
Open Mozilla Firefox, at the top right corner of the main window, click the Firefox menu, in the opened menu, click Help.
Select Troubleshooting Information.
In the opened window, click the Refresh Firefox button.
In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Mozilla Firefox settings to default by clicking the Refresh Firefox button.
Remove malicious extensions from Safari:
Make sure your Safari browser is active, click Safari menu, and select Preferences....
In the opened window click Extensions, locate any recently installed suspicious extension, select it and click Uninstall.
Optional method:
Make sure your Safari browser is active and click on Safari menu. From the drop down menu select Clear History and Website Data...
In the opened window select all history and click the Clear History button.
Remove malicious extensions from Microsoft Edge:
Click the Edge menu icon 
(at the upper-right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons and click "Remove" below their names.
Optional method:
If you continue to have problems with removal of the win the new iphone 12 pop-up, reset your Microsoft Edge browser settings. Click the Edge menu icon (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge) and select Settings.
In the opened settings menu select Reset settings.
Select Restore settings to their default values. In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Microsoft Edge settings to default by clicking the Reset button.
- If this did not help, follow these alternative instructions explaining how to reset the Microsoft Edge browser.
Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:
Click the "gear" icon 
(at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". Look for any recently-installed suspicious browser extensions, select these entries and click "Remove".
Optional method:
If you continue to have problems with removal of the win the new iphone 12 pop-up, reset your Internet Explorer settings to default.
Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.
Windows Vista and Windows 7 users: Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.
Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.
In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.
Click the Reset button.
Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button.
Summary:
Commonly, adware or potentially unwanted applications infiltrate Internet browsers through free software downloads. Note that the safest source for downloading free software is via developers' websites only. To avoid installation of adware, be very attentive when downloading and installing free software. When installing previously-downloaded free programs, choose the custom or advanced installation options – this step will reveal any potentially unwanted applications listed for installation together with your chosen free program.
Removal assistance:
If you are experiencing problems while trying to remove win the new iphone 12 pop-up from your computer, please ask for assistance in our malware support forum.
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