How do I address the 'iOS security warning about wiretapping' on my iPhone?

Linda-DE wrote:

This just came up when I was on FB. I did click on the link and a McAfee

screen came up. I immediately shut off my phone and cleaned out Safari. Do you think I am screwed? Shoikd I take any defensive measures?

Hello~ This is a well known scam. Just scammers doing what scammers do. Report it, delete it or both and move along with your day. Don’t interact with any scam messages at all…period. I treat any unfamiliar message as a scam until I can prove otherwise…sad but true.

See below…

Recognize and avoid social engineering schemes including phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

~Katana-San~

Linda-DE wrote:

This just came up when I was on FB. I did click on the link and a McAfee

screen came up. I immediately shut off my phone and cleaned out Safari. Do you think I am screwed? Shoikd I take any defensive measures?

You're fine. This is why a lot of people don't use FaceBook. You are FaceBook's product and they are paid by companies to scare you into believing you need something to fix an issue you don't have. You did the right thing. Just be cautious out there as no service can see into your phone to determine there is anything wrong. But they sure do hope they can scare you enough to buy something you don't need.

Thank you for reaching out. 🤗

• The text message you received was a scam.
• Simply block, report and delete the message.
• Never click any links or call phony phone numbers they provide!
• The phony text message will never mention you by name because they don’t know it.

🛑 Apple will never send you a text message‼️⚠️

Important: If you receive a suspicious email or SMS text message that looks like it’s supposed to be from Apple, please email it to [email protected].

Learn how to:

• Recognize and avoid social engineering schemes including phishing messages, phony support calls and other scams.
• Identify legitimate emails from the App Store or iTunes Store.

Good luck! 👋🏼😉

Smiliñ 😎 Brian

Well, it's spam.

Ignore and delete.

Linda-DE wrote:

This just came up when I was on FB. I did click on the link and a McAfee

screen came up. I immediately shut off my phone and cleaned out Safari. Do you think I am screwed? Shoikd I take any defensive measures?

Reuters reported ten percent of Meta 2024 revenue was from scam ads and banned goods: https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/

As for your browser, that’s fine.

I would suggest installing a reputable ad blocker more generally, though Meta reportedly goes to some effort to bypass ad blockers. Ad networks and search results are increasingly being used to serve rubbish, and worse.

Sounds like a scam.

This just came up when I was on FB. I did click on the link and a McAfee

screen came up. I immediately shut off my phone and cleaned out Safari. Do you think I am screwed? Shoikd I take any defensive measures?