Funny thing is, I haven't used anything apple related in years, let alone touch that barely used account.
There was an alert about fradulent emails coming from "Apple Support" in the news a few weeks ago. The emails would contain "purchase details."
If you find anything such as this email, I would suggest to contact the customer service line for whatever company they claim to represent. In this case, if you are concerned, contact Apple directly.
It's a phishing scam. It's been going around. Here's a pic of one I got (on the bottom)
Things to note:
1. Starting a professional email with "With Respect" is a very middle eastern thing to do. Also, the "r" in "respect" is capitalized.
2. They NEVER used my full name (just email address). Real Apple uses your real name.
3. They state that my account is automatically locked for my protection and that it might because I'm signing in from a new location or device. Makes sense, but then they contradict themselves saying "Support team detect unauthorised person has accessed your account". Well, which is it?
4. Support team "detect"? "It will be temporary disable"? Bad grammer. Also, "unauthorised" is the british spelling, I'm in the U.S. You'd think a U.S. support team would be handling my account.
5. Country: Indonesia. IP Address: IS FROM GERMANY.
6. Apple will never say or describe what an OS is "like" in an email. Also, iPhone has an iOS, not an OS. Also also, it's not like the Mac OS X by any means. Profressionalism.
7. A company like Apple will never THREATEN you with a timer. Most scammers do as this is a fear tatic.
Also as mentioned "Thank you for your comprehension" lol
I just want to add that I got a similar email yesterday to my Outlook address. It claimed to be from Microsoft about updating my account and requiring that I click the link to validate my address.
Now, I happened to see this email very early in the morning, and foolishly fell for it and typed in my email address and password. It was only a couple of hours later I got my head straight and double checked, and realised what it was! So I changed my password immediately and checked my account activity, and fortunately there seems to have been no suspicious logins or anything...
Just goes to show that these things are getting smarter, it's not just some Nigerian Prince or whatnot, the emails are often sent with legitimate seeming credentials and link to relatively kosher looking fake pages. Gonna have to be EVEN more careful in the future.
Funny thing is, I haven't used anything apple related in years, let alone touch that barely used account.
People or bots that send phishing emails have no idea whether you have used iCloud or not (but they're hoping you have). So it's not really "strange" at all. It's 100% typical.
Funny thing is, I haven't used anything apple related in years, let alone touch that barely used account.
There was an alert about fradulent emails coming from "Apple Support" in the news a few weeks ago. The emails would contain "purchase details." If you find anything such as this email, I would suggest to contact the customer service line for whatever company they claim to represent. In this case, if you are concerned, contact Apple directly.
LOL! They're just going to ask if you clicked the impostor link and submitted your password. If you didn't do that, there's really no reason to call.
I get the fake purchase receipts. Gmail recognizes them and sends them directly to my Spam folder.
Anyway, I don't really think it's useful for them to make new alerts for every new variation of phishing scam when they all have the same indicators of being bogus.
It's a phishing scam. It's been going around. Here's a pic of one I got (on the bottom)
Things to note:
1. Starting a professional email with "With Respect" is a very middle eastern thing to do. Also, the "r" in "respect" is capitalized.
2. They NEVER used my full name (just email address). Real Apple uses your real name.
3. They state that my account is automatically locked for my protection and that it might because I'm signing in from a new location or device. Makes sense, but then they contradict themselves saying "Support team detect unauthorised person has accessed your account". Well, which is it?
4. Support team "detect"? "It will be temporary disable"? Bad grammer. Also, "unauthorised" is the british spelling, I'm in the U.S. You'd think a U.S. support team would be handling my account.
5. Country: Indonesia. IP Address: IS FROM GERMANY.
6. Apple will never say or describe what an OS is "like" in an email. Also, iPhone has an iOS, not an OS. Also also, it's not like the Mac OS X by any means. Profressionalism.
7. A company like Apple will never THREATEN you with a timer. Most scammers do as this is a fear tatic.
Also as mentioned "Thank you for your comprehension" lol
"Like [whatever]" is a standard part of the user agent string reported by your web browser to a web host when a page is requested.
It's a phishing scam. It's been going around. Here's a pic of one I got (on the bottom)
Things to note:
1. Starting a professional email with "With Respect" is a very middle eastern thing to do. Also, the "r" in "respect" is capitalized.
2. They NEVER used my full name (just email address). Real Apple uses your real name.
3. They state that my account is automatically locked for my protection and that it might because I'm signing in from a new location or device. Makes sense, but then they contradict themselves saying "Support team detect unauthorised person has accessed your account". Well, which is it?
4. Support team "detect"? "It will be temporary disable"? Bad grammer. Also, "unauthorised" is the british spelling, I'm in the U.S. You'd think a U.S. support team would be handling my account.
5. Country: Indonesia. IP Address: IS FROM GERMANY.
6. Apple will never say or describe what an OS is "like" in an email. Also, iPhone has an iOS, not an OS. Also also, it's not like the Mac OS X by any means. Profressionalism.
7. A company like Apple will never THREATEN you with a timer. Most scammers do as this is a fear tatic.
Also as mentioned "Thank you for your comprehension" lol
"Like [whatever]" is a standard part of the user agent string reported by your web browser to a web host when a page is requested.
Funny thing is, I haven't used anything apple related in years, let alone touch that barely used account.
There was an alert about fradulent emails coming from "Apple Support" in the news a few weeks ago. The emails would contain "purchase details." If you find anything such as this email, I would suggest to contact the customer service line for whatever company they claim to represent. In this case, if you are concerned, contact Apple directly.
LOL! They're just going to ask if you clicked the impostor link and submitted your password. If you didn't do that, there's really no reason to call.
I get the fake purchase receipts. Gmail recognizes them and sends them directly to my Spam folder.
Anyway, I don't really think it's useful for them to make new alerts for every new variation of phishing scam when they all have the same indicators of being bogus.
The point is to call any company directly if you suspect any odd actovity or request for information.
I have had my credit card companies before call me from unusual numbers before. I did not give any information, hung up and called the number on my credit card directly. They had apparently changed numbers for some of their departments. It is always better to be safe than sorry.
Login links in an email are almost always scams since no self-respecting company these days would condition their users to do that. If you always go to the site manually then they can't possibly send you to an impostor site they tried to link you to. Even if you do see a legit login link in an email, consider doing business somewhere else since that entity does not follow industry standards.
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"iCIoud" with a capital I instead of a lower-case l.
Funny thing is, I haven't used anything apple related in years, let alone touch that barely used account.
There was an alert about fradulent emails coming from "Apple Support" in the news a few weeks ago. The emails would contain "purchase details."
If you find anything such as this email, I would suggest to contact the customer service line for whatever company they claim to represent. In this case, if you are concerned, contact Apple directly.
"Thank you for your comprehension" lol
And I like how it was just sent from "Apple."
Things to note:
1. Starting a professional email with "With Respect" is a very middle eastern thing to do. Also, the "r" in "respect" is capitalized.
2. They NEVER used my full name (just email address). Real Apple uses your real name.
3. They state that my account is automatically locked for my protection and that it might because I'm signing in from a new location or device. Makes sense, but then they contradict themselves saying "Support team detect unauthorised person has accessed your account". Well, which is it?
4. Support team "detect"? "It will be temporary disable"? Bad grammer. Also, "unauthorised" is the british spelling, I'm in the U.S. You'd think a U.S. support team would be handling my account.
5. Country: Indonesia. IP Address: IS FROM GERMANY.
6. Apple will never say or describe what an OS is "like" in an email. Also, iPhone has an iOS, not an OS. Also also, it's not like the Mac OS X by any means. Profressionalism.
7. A company like Apple will never THREATEN you with a timer. Most scammers do as this is a fear tatic.
Also as mentioned "Thank you for your comprehension" lol
Now, I happened to see this email very early in the morning, and foolishly fell for it and typed in my email address and password. It was only a couple of hours later I got my head straight and double checked, and realised what it was! So I changed my password immediately and checked my account activity, and fortunately there seems to have been no suspicious logins or anything...
Just goes to show that these things are getting smarter, it's not just some Nigerian Prince or whatnot, the emails are often sent with legitimate seeming credentials and link to relatively kosher looking fake pages. Gonna have to be EVEN more careful in the future.
First thing you see is that the sender is: "kitakita@updateaccountdata.online"
You don't even need to read past that.
Funny thing is, I haven't used anything apple related in years, let alone touch that barely used account.
People or bots that send phishing emails have no idea whether you have used iCloud or not (but they're hoping you have). So it's not really "strange" at all. It's 100% typical.
Funny thing is, I haven't used anything apple related in years, let alone touch that barely used account.
There was an alert about fradulent emails coming from "Apple Support" in the news a few weeks ago. The emails would contain "purchase details." If you find anything such as this email, I would suggest to contact the customer service line for whatever company they claim to represent. In this case, if you are concerned, contact Apple directly.
LOL! They're just going to ask if you clicked the impostor link and submitted your password. If you didn't do that, there's really no reason to call.
I get the fake purchase receipts. Gmail recognizes them and sends them directly to my Spam folder.
Anyway, I don't really think it's useful for them to make new alerts for every new variation of phishing scam when they all have the same indicators of being bogus.
It's a phishing scam. It's been going around. Here's a pic of one I got (on the bottom)
Things to note:
1. Starting a professional email with "With Respect" is a very middle eastern thing to do. Also, the "r" in "respect" is capitalized.
2. They NEVER used my full name (just email address). Real Apple uses your real name.
3. They state that my account is automatically locked for my protection and that it might because I'm signing in from a new location or device. Makes sense, but then they contradict themselves saying "Support team detect unauthorised person has accessed your account". Well, which is it?
4. Support team "detect"? "It will be temporary disable"? Bad grammer. Also, "unauthorised" is the british spelling, I'm in the U.S. You'd think a U.S. support team would be handling my account.
5. Country: Indonesia. IP Address: IS FROM GERMANY.
6. Apple will never say or describe what an OS is "like" in an email. Also, iPhone has an iOS, not an OS. Also also, it's not like the Mac OS X by any means. Profressionalism.
7. A company like Apple will never THREATEN you with a timer. Most scammers do as this is a fear tatic.
Also as mentioned "Thank you for your comprehension" lol
"Like [whatever]" is a standard part of the user agent string reported by your web browser to a web host when a page is requested.
https://www.whatismybrowser.com/detect/what-is-my-user-agent
Yes. The User Agent string reported by mobile Safari on my iPhone 8 Plus says: "Like Mac OS X"
It's not really describing the OS, but rather the rendering engine and API compatibility.
It's a phishing scam. It's been going around. Here's a pic of one I got (on the bottom)
Things to note:
1. Starting a professional email with "With Respect" is a very middle eastern thing to do. Also, the "r" in "respect" is capitalized.
2. They NEVER used my full name (just email address). Real Apple uses your real name.
3. They state that my account is automatically locked for my protection and that it might because I'm signing in from a new location or device. Makes sense, but then they contradict themselves saying "Support team detect unauthorised person has accessed your account". Well, which is it?
4. Support team "detect"? "It will be temporary disable"? Bad grammer. Also, "unauthorised" is the british spelling, I'm in the U.S. You'd think a U.S. support team would be handling my account.
5. Country: Indonesia. IP Address: IS FROM GERMANY.
6. Apple will never say or describe what an OS is "like" in an email. Also, iPhone has an iOS, not an OS. Also also, it's not like the Mac OS X by any means. Profressionalism.
7. A company like Apple will never THREATEN you with a timer. Most scammers do as this is a fear tatic.
Also as mentioned "Thank you for your comprehension" lol
"Like [whatever]" is a standard part of the user agent string reported by your web browser to a web host when a page is requested.
https://www.whatismybrowser.com/detect/what-is-my-user-agent
Yes. The User Agent string reported by mobile Safari on my iPhone 8 Plus says: "Like Mac OS X"
It's not really describing the OS, but rather the rendering engine and API compatibility.
Thanks for bringing that to light. I did not know that. I didn't expect them to expalin that, which is another indication of their scammery.
My mistake... vs. the countless other mistakes said in the email on their end.
Funny thing is, I haven't used anything apple related in years, let alone touch that barely used account.
There was an alert about fradulent emails coming from "Apple Support" in the news a few weeks ago. The emails would contain "purchase details." If you find anything such as this email, I would suggest to contact the customer service line for whatever company they claim to represent. In this case, if you are concerned, contact Apple directly.
LOL! They're just going to ask if you clicked the impostor link and submitted your password. If you didn't do that, there's really no reason to call.
I get the fake purchase receipts. Gmail recognizes them and sends them directly to my Spam folder.
Anyway, I don't really think it's useful for them to make new alerts for every new variation of phishing scam when they all have the same indicators of being bogus.
The point is to call any company directly if you suspect any odd actovity or request for information.
I have had my credit card companies before call me from unusual numbers before. I did not give any information, hung up and called the number on my credit card directly. They had apparently changed numbers for some of their departments. It is always better to be safe than sorry.