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PHISHING NOTICE (Be on guard)

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digitalcuriosity

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This is the phishing try at getting one to take the bate and follow the link and do as it instructs them to do to cancel the sales, if one falls for this scam they will get the info you provide like your apple ID and your credit card number.
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alertz@mail.apple.com-security-notification-activity.aesasp.com <alertz@mail.apple.com-security-notification-activity.aesasp.com>
To: My e-mail address removed.
Dec 3 at 2:18 PM



Dear Costumer,
mail


This is a notification that the credit card payment found on your Apple ID account that the team successfully received.

Purchase Date December 03,2018
Item Name Limbo By PlayDead
Amount $9.99 USD
Location Surabaya , East Java, Indonesia

You now need to log in to your client area to pay or cancel invoices manually.
If you really want to cancel the purchase please visit our secure link (https://apple.appleid.com/purchase_cancelation)


Note: This email will serve as an official receipt for this payment.
This e-mail may contain confidential and special material for the use of the only intended recipient (s). Every review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited.
 
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I have had several such emails. One came last week. Mine tend to have customer spelled correctly but the grammar is always suspect. I always wonder for all the "effort" why they can't get the spelling and grammar correct.

The amounts always very from 1.99 to a couple hundred. I have logged into my apple account to check my orders and also checked my credit card to just make use. One thing I NEVER do is click on any link in the email. ;)

Lisa
 
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Yeah these people are not well trained in the use of English, but i am sure they do catch a few fish.
 
I have probably received 10 or more variations of these since I activated my first iPhone last March. I knew immediately what it was and just delete them. I assumed that this was a pretty common occurrence and don't think much about it. Is it normal that I have received that many?
 
darkarn said:
You might want to make the link unclickable and instead tell us what the link actually leads people to
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I think i explained this in my post, i told everyone what following the link would do if they followed the instructions.
 
I got this one a few days ago.

Dear Customer,

Thank you!
Purchase Order: Music Album MarshMello
Transaction Date: December 01, 2018

Price: $ 40.6

ACTION REQUIRED:
1). Download and review the invoice that we attached (PDF)
2). Open and read invoice.
3). If it's not your order, follow the steps on the invoice.
4). If you make this transaction, you can ignore this email, by processing your order within 1x24 hours.

Thank you,
iTunesMusicPay
 
Tobias Funke said:
I got this one a few days ago.

Dear Customer,

Thank you!
Purchase Order: Music Album MarshMello
Transaction Date: December 01, 2018

Price: $ 40.6

ACTION REQUIRED:
1). Download and review the invoice that we attached (PDF)
2). Open and read invoice.
3). If it's not your order, follow the steps on the invoice.
4). If you make this transaction, you can ignore this email, by processing your order within 1x24 hours.

Thank you,
iTunesMusicPay
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Same type of scam.
 
digitalcuriosity said:
This is the phishing try at getting one to take the bate and follow the link and do as it instructs them to do to cancel the sales, if one falls for this scam they will get the info you provide like your apple ID and your credit card number.
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alertz@mail.apple.com-security-notification-activity.aesasp.com <alertz@mail.apple.com-security-notification-activity.aesasp.com>
To: My e-mail address removed.
Dec 3 at 2:18 PM



Dear Costumer,
mail


This is a notification that the credit card payment found on your Apple ID account that the team successfully received.

Purchase Date December 03,2018
Item Name Limbo By PlayDead
Amount $9.99 USD
Location Surabaya , East Java, Indonesia

You now need to log in to your client area to pay or cancel invoices manually.
If you really want to cancel the purchase please visit our secure link (https://apple.appleid.com/purchase_cancelation)


Note: This email will serve as an official receipt for this payment.
This e-mail may contain confidential and special material for the use of the only intended recipient (s). Every review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited.
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I get these all the time
 
I have been getting them thanking me for signing up for Spotify and directing me to a link to cancel if I do not want the subscription. I knew I had not signed for Spotify. Seems like a percentage of the world is working 24/7 to get your money.
 
PanAm-L1011 said:
No. These are not native English speakers. I love the misspellings and poor grammar - it gives it away.
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It also makes it almost look human, these "mistakes" can also lower the spam level of these emails, letting them through.

I had one the other day to say my apple account had been suspended, from apple@support.com (!) to an address thats not my appleid.

check your email address against haveibeenpwned.
 
These types of fishing attempts happen every day to Apple customers, obviously never respond to these emails and you should report them to Apple as well, because they do document them.
 
webbga said:
I have been getting them thanking me for signing up for Spotify and directing me to a link to cancel if I do not want the subscription. I knew I had not signed for Spotify. Seems like a percentage of the world is working 24/7 to get your money.
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Well technically there is at least one worker doing so around the world.

Just which ones are legit ones and which aren't ;)
 
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