This New iOS 27 Feature May Save You From Getting Scammed
Starting with iOS 27, your iPhone now has a built-in scam prevention feature, designed to protect you from social engineering scams. These scams rely on pressure tactics to trick you into bypassing security features for your phone, laptop, or online accounts. The scammer may even impersonate your friends, family members, or colleagues you trust.
- ▪Starting with iOS 27, your iPhone now has a built-in scam prevention feature, designed to protect you from social engineering scams.
- ▪These scams rely on pressure tactics to trick you into bypassing security features for your phone, laptop, or online accounts.
- ▪The scammer may even impersonate your friends, family members, or colleagues you trust.
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| Publication time | Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000 |
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Starting with iOS 27, your iPhone now has a built-in scam prevention feature, designed to protect you from social engineering scams. These scams rely on pressure tactics to trick you into bypassing security features for your phone, laptop, or online accounts. Here's how iOS 27's "Impersonation Risk Detection" works, what it can do, and its current limitations.How Impersonation Risk Detection works to protect you from scamsIn a social engineering scam, a bad actor impersonates an official rep of a bank, government agency, or a tech company such as Apple, Google, or Microsoft. The scammer may even impersonate your friends, family members, or colleagues you trust.
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