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Accessing my account worry

Checking about message from you stating someone is trying to access my account from Manchester England but I live some 400 miles from Manchester.


Is this is genuine or is it fraud?


iPhone 5s, iOS 11

Posted on Mar 25, 2020 4:44 AM

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Posted on Mar 25, 2020 4:48 AM

This could be your problem. (paraphrased from a post Eric Root made some time ago):


If you received a notification that someone else is logging in under your Apple ID about the time you were doing so, everything probably is OK. The location in the notification is where your ISP reported your login. If their servers are in a location different from yours (possibly quite different from yours), then the notification you saw is a login location error. For safety, change you Apple ID password https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201355 Here is what to do after you change your password https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204071 Also, remove any device shown in your device list you don’t recognize using Check your Apple ID device list to see where you're signed in https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205064

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Mar 25, 2020 4:48 AM in response to HEDCCOS20

This could be your problem. (paraphrased from a post Eric Root made some time ago):


If you received a notification that someone else is logging in under your Apple ID about the time you were doing so, everything probably is OK. The location in the notification is where your ISP reported your login. If their servers are in a location different from yours (possibly quite different from yours), then the notification you saw is a login location error. For safety, change you Apple ID password https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201355 Here is what to do after you change your password https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204071 Also, remove any device shown in your device list you don’t recognize using Check your Apple ID device list to see where you're signed in https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205064

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