Scammed by a person acting like Apple

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Scammed by a person acting like Apple

the scammer used the Appleid page to allow me to stop a a purchase that I never made from a smart TV program.

acting like Apple he took me to an Apple ID page that was a perfect image of the normal Appleid.com page. I was to fill in my data which I did. As I was doing that and he had all the data he needed the page disappeared. Three days later my Visa card was used in Europe.

As of now I am very concerned about Apples security!!! What do I do now to become assured that Apple is secure????

William Stewart

iPhone 6s, iOS 12

Posted on Jun 5, 2019 5:41 AM

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Answer 1

King_Penguin

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Jun 5, 2019 5:47 AM in response to w.n.stewart

Why are you concerned about Apple's security ? What happened to you was nothing to do with them, you fell for a phishing email.

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King_Penguin

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Jun 5, 2019 6:21 AM in response to w.n.stewart

Has the account's password been changed ? If I want to change my account's password, in Settings on my iPad or Apple's genuine id website, I am asked the account's security questions.

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w.n.stewart Author

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Jun 5, 2019 6:09 AM in response to King_Penguin

Because if I or anyone else decides to change their password there is no assurance that the page is really Apple. In such case it seems that a human being should by asking security questions from an existing unique personal data set prior to any access to

the users data.

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King_Penguin

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Jun 5, 2019 5:57 AM in response to w.n.stewart

Why do you think what happened has anything to do with Apple and their security ? You received a phishing email, Apple didn't send it.

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Answer 5

King_Penguin

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Jun 5, 2019 6:35 AM in response to w.n.stewart

It is true for me. To login into my account on http://www.appleid.apple.com I have to answer my security questions, on my iPad (12.3.1) to go into Settings > id > Password & Security > Change Password I am also asked my security questions.

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