ICloud - Gift Card

I was trying to log onto iCloud this afternoon and wound up at a different web site that claimed ..."Every week we randomly select visitor to be the lucky person from  .  In order to claim your gift card, fill in the form below."
Now, typing that copy I realize it sounds like it came straight out of Nigeria where my unknown uncle died leaving me a fortune, and I feel like an idiot, but I immediately entered by name, phone number and email address.... And clicked on the button that said "Activate My Gift Card".  At that point it switched me to a second page and prompted me to enter my phone number and confirm it....but offered no "blank box" into which I could input the information.  And to make matters worse, it had a timer and kept telling me I had to do this in 120 seconds or lose the $500 gift card....  Sorry to say, I tried to enter my phone number anyway....  Until I started reading closer, noting the gramatical mistakes etc, and also the "disclaimer"   "We are not affilliated nor partnered, with apple.com  ... yada yada....
But when I look at the web site it says..."apple.com.0csh7k.info"
OK...so I'm an idiot... what will they do with my name, phone # and email address.  What can I do to protect my self.

> what will they do with my name, phone # and email address.  What can I do to protect my self.
As long as you didn't enter any passwords you normally use, or further personal data such as postal address, date of birth, ID or social security numbers and other normally asked for security answers, what they can do is limited.
Most likely you've inadvertently signed yourself up for a never-ending, constantly increasing stream of spam emails and telephone calls. All you can do is ignore them, as these sorts of companies don't honour requests to unsubscribe, and your name, email and phone number will just be shared with a wider and wider circle of dodgy companies.
I would definitely suggest changing your iCloud password, and enabling two-step verification, just as a precaution, and just look very carefully for phishing emails that you'll undoubtedly start receiving now.

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