Virus-like activity on my iphone browser? No JB!

hi,
I use an iphone 5 with ios 8 with NO Jailbreak.
when I browsing on safari I am getting redirected to a fake and fraudulent-looking website. On a pop-up, reads the message "you have been on some forbidden websites. You have to pay 100 euro." This is not the exact text but basicly that's what it says. Whatever I do I cannot get rid of pop-ups. immediately after I close one another one pops up. I cannot close the tab or type into the address bar. My only option is closing safari completely and not browsing.
This also happens on my macbook pro and in various networks. (3G, different wifis etc.)
So, I'm aware ios and mac os x are impossible to contain a virus. But this is exactly what a virus would do. What am I doing wrong? What can I do?
(I'm not saying it's a virus, so don't try to explain the imposiblty, just offer a solution.)
Thanks!

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