Roblox has been blocked in Russia, and fans are trying to find different ways to bypass the ban. This is being exploited by scammers who are attacking fans of the popular project.
The Telegram channel Baza drew attention to cases of iPhone blocking — scammers are turning Russians' smartphones into "bricks" and demanding ransom.
The scheme is simple: under the pretext of "bypassing Roblox blocking," the victim is lured into clicking on a link and downloading an application. In it, you need to enter your Apple account login and password, supposedly after that the application will appear in the App Store. After entering the data, the phone restarts and a message about blocking the device appears on the screen.
The parents of one of the victims immediately took the iPhone to a service center and learned that such cases are not uncommon:
[... there] they stated that there is practically nothing that can be done with the device: it can either be sold for parts, or you can try to reflash it for 20 thousand rubles — without a guarantee of success and with complete deletion of information. The service also noted that teenagers with such problems due to the game have begun to apply much more often — there have already been about 15 similar cases in recent times.