Possible Malicious Adware Popup lp.amazinggiftnowforu.bid on Apple iPhone iOS

An annoying popup ad has been reported in October 2017. The ad uses the address lp.amazinggiftnowforu.bid.

When a website is loaded the browser was redirected to a page with an ad (scam) regarding Verizon giving away prizes. The domain name of the page was suspicious.

The ad appears as an obvious scam, saying ...

"YOU GOT THE SECRET CHANCE!

Verizon is giving out FREE GIFT! Press 'SPIN' and see if you win!"

DO NOT touch this ad, and avoid accidental touching of this ad. Close the window.

DEVELOPING ...


Results on urlscan.io report the following ...

lp.amazinggiftnowforu.bid  52.202.131.162
Submitted URL: http://lp.amazinggiftnowforu.bid
Effective URL: http://lp.amazinggiftnowforu.bid/
Submission: 14 minutes ago via manual, finished a few seconds later (October 11th 2017, 9:21:43 am)

This website contacted 1 IPs in 1 countries across 1 domains to perform 1 HTTP transactions. Of those, 0 were HTTPS (0 %) and 0% were IPv6.
The main IP is 52.202.131.162, located in Ashburn, United States and belongs to AMAZON-AES - Amazon.com, Inc., US.
In total, 0 B of data was transfered (sic), which is 0 B uncompressed. It took 0.395 seconds to load this page. 0 cookies were set, and 0 messages to the console were logged.

Note: This information has NOT been verified.

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Results on Register.com whois ...


Domain Name: amazinggiftnowforu.bid
Registry Domain ID: DFE5930DB0FFE4E8999B2A8DE27CBDC5C-NSR
Registrar WHOIS Server:
Registrar URL: whois.publicdomainregistry.com
Updated Date: 2017-09-19T12:40:55Z
Creation Date: 2017-09-14T12:40:54Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2018-09-14T12:40:54Z
Registrar: PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com
Registrar IANA ID: 303
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse-contact@publicdomainregistry.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone:
Domain Status: ok https://icann.org/epp#ok
Registry Registrant ID: C00759A5CF31446B1BFB68C5373621A4A-ARI
Registrant Name: Domain Admin
Registrant Organization: Privacy Protect, LLC (PrivacyProtect.org)
Registrant Street: 10 Corporate Drive
Registrant Street:
Registrant Street:
Registrant City: Burlington
Registrant State/Province: MA
Registrant Postal Code: 01803
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.8022274003
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: contact@privacyprotect.org
Registry Admin ID: C00759A5CF31446B1BFB68C5373621A4A-ARI
Admin Name: Domain Admin
Admin Organization: Privacy Protect, LLC (PrivacyProtect.org)
Admin Street: 10 Corporate Drive
Admin Street:
Admin Street:
Admin City: Burlington
Admin State/Province: MA
Admin Postal Code: 01803
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.8022274003
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax:
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: contact@privacyprotect.org
Registry Tech ID: C00759A5CF31446B1BFB68C5373621A4A-ARI
Tech Name: Domain Admin
Tech Organization: Privacy Protect, LLC (PrivacyProtect.org)
Tech Street: 10 Corporate Drive
Tech Street:
Tech Street:
Tech City: Burlington
Tech State/Province: MA
Tech Postal Code: 01803
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.8022274003
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax:
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: contact@privacyprotect.org
Name Server: ns-690.awsdns-22.net
Name Server: ns-1588.awsdns-06.co.uk
Name Server: ns-1099.awsdns-09.org
Name Server: ns-386.awsdns-48.com
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2017-10-11T09:24:09Z <<<

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