You can also set up two-step verification, which in response to multiple breaches, by visiting. The email address is also long and obviously not from Apple. Online criminals can now collect all of the information that you supplied and use it to hijack your Apple account, commit fraudulent transactions with your credit card, and attempt to steal your identity. The fake website looks exactly like the original. And a receipt for a purchase will come from always. However, you will usually be informed about this via a notification when you attempt to log in. Apple will not send you a generic email demanding that you click a link to update your account information.
If you have problems updating your account, please visit Apple Support. We pay for your stories! The first time I encountered it was in early October and I initially fell for it. But it did give me a website that I was, at first, reluctant to follow. If you're an Apple user, here's a new scam to look out for: an official email is making the rounds, targeting customers for their personal information. This page asks for the victim's full name, address, telephone number, social security number, date of birth, payment information, and security questions that include your mother's maiden name, driver's license number, or passport number.
The second sentence reads: The sooner you provide the information we need, the sooner we can resolve the situation It feels like a desperate threat, and the even bigger tell is the missing period at the end of the sentence. Everything you type into the fake forms can be immediately grabbed by the phishing rats, if that's how they've coded their page. This link is valid only for 3 hours, counted from the time of sending this email. They also contain quite a few grammatical mistakes and inaccuracies — clear indications that these messages do not come from Apple. When I did, the page just kept acting as if it were loading but never left the blank white page. Always check who the sender is.
Criminals can then use the information you supplied to hijack your Apple account, conduct fraudulent Apple store and credit card transactions in your name, and attempt to steal your identity. As a general rule, clicking on any email asking you to verify a login or a password reset is a terrible idea. Called Discover Business cards, they having no record of the sort! But, in fact, the email is a criminal ruse designed to steal your personal and financial information and Apple did not send it. The person who sent the request may have sent it to the wrong address, and the user there clicked the link, but you then should get a verification email saying what you did. Keep an eye out for bad grammar or any typos. Or get notified of new Internet Patrol articles for free! If I had not ordered the item it told me to cancel the order by clicking on the link below.
Email us at or call 0207 782 4368. The sentence makes it sound like Apple is eBay, and feels like an incomplete thought. Very believable email scam just came through. When a user clicks on the Unlock Account button, they will be shown a page that asks the user to verify their account information so that the account can be unlocked. I did log in to iTunes and it said nothing was purchased in the last 6 months.
The security firm notes users are most likely being directed to these phishing sites via spam emails. Have you ever been scammed with a dodgy Apple email? It's in Dutch I've just been emailed from ,com. Welcome to , the unofficial community for Apple news, rumors, and discussions. I also report all spam I receive to SpamCop. Scroll down for video You can protect yourself from the fake pop-up scam by never inputting passwords into an Apple pop-up.
Use basic reasoning and if you are ever questioning it, contact the site if you are suspicious of why they need information like your social security number. Events Event submissions must be a comment in the weekly stickied megathread, or will be removed. This is a very widespread and advanced phishing campaign that utilizes web pages that look identical to the real Apple account pages and psychology that continues to draw a victim through the various screens of this attack. You can protect yourself from the fake pop-up scam by never inputting passwords into an Apple pop-up. Unfortunately, these are all matters that are likely to be overlooked during a quick scan of the page. She has advised state officials at the highest levels, and authored part of our Federal anti-spam law.
We pay for videos too. This can be obtained by hitting Option-Command-U while in the email. As I said, I did not click on the link and the email itself did not ask me for any information, so I was not certain whether Phishing was involved. If you input your password into a fake box, the attacker could steal it and use it to access your credit card information. Apple Support Just manually go to id. It was very hard at first to tell the difference. For this reason, it is very important that users do not open links from strange emails and instead go directly to a company's web site.
Not sure what to buy? Side-note: On the same day we also received a fraudulent email posing as Myspace. A confirmation that it is a scam would be be appreciated. This subreddit is not endorsed or sponsored by Apple Inc. If you click the button, a fraudulent website will load in your browser. And if you've received a big bill from Apple on your email, check that the payment is actually legitimate using. Copy and paste this into your report after the end of the forwarded phishing message.