to the next level , targeting Apple users with emails and calls to a fake Apple Care service . While emails are a fairly common way of luringAttack.Phishingvictims , it ’ s not every day that you hear about calls being involved to dupeAttack.Phishingfolks . Ars Technica reports that the attackAttack.Phishingbegins with an email which is designed to look likeAttack.Phishingan official iCloud account warning . It claims a sign-in attempt was blocked on their account since someone tried to use their password . There ’ s a “ Check Activity ” button which opens up a page on a compromised site for a men ’ s salon in South India . The webpage immediately redirectsAttack.Phishingthe victim to another site , followed by another redirection to a fake Apple Support page asking them to contact support since their iPhone has been locked due to illegal activity . If they fall for the baitAttack.Phishing, the site launches a “ scanning ” box which eventually gives way to a pop-up box prompting the victim to call a number . If the email is opened in an iPhone , the number can be called straightaway . iPads and Macs can ’ t do the same , so the system will ask if they want to open it in FaceTime . The publication actually dialed the number and got in touch with someone who described themselves as “ Lance Roger from Apple Care. ” It seems the elaborate scheme is targeting email addresses associated with iCloud . The end game is to trickAttack.PhishingiPhone users into enrolling in a rogue mobile device management service . This allows the attackers to push infected apps onto the victim ’ s device , all the while pretendingAttack.Phishingthis is a part of Apple ’ s security service . The phishing site is still live right now , but both Google and Apple have marked it as deceptive . Ars Technica has additionally passed on the technical details of the scam to an Apple security team member . The company told Engadget that it has resources on its support website to help people tell right from wrong . Everyday iOS users could still easily get fooled though .