'Report Phishing' Email Site No Longer Active?

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ktchn Author

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'Report Phishing' Email Site No Longer Active?

What I most want to know is whether the email I copied below is legit or 'phishing'.

I tried to forward it to the Report Phishing email address to find out and got THIS back:

"reportphishing@apple.com (reportphishing@apple.com)

Your message wasn't delivered because the recipient's email provider rejected it."

Here is a copy of the email in question:

‌i‌C‌l‌o‌u‌d‌ ‌I‌D <appwebmail.9e60d5pc4v3@*******>

Tue 12/22/2020 3:36 PM

A‌c‌c‌o‌u‌n‌t l‌o‌c‌k‌e‌d notification

Y‌o‌u‌r i‌7bDWVHF0C‌IQJFZBDWYWl‌eflceonno‌7bDWVHF0u‌d I‌D has been l‌o‌c‌k‌e‌d on Tuesday, December, 22 2020 for security reasons

If you do not respond within 12 hours of this email, your A7bDWVHF0pIQJFZBDWYWpeflceonnle account will be suspended and you will no longer be able to access

V‌e‌r‌i‌f‌y Your A‌c‌c‌o‌u‌n‌t

We a7bDWVHF0pIQJFZBDWYWologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you and appreciate your patience with our security measures

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Posted on Dec 22, 2020 5:43 PM

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Eric Root

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Dec 22, 2020 6:15 PM in response to ktchn

You need to forward the email to the phishing address as an attachment.

That seems to be a scam/phishing email. Apple won't send you an email/text telling you your account is disabled/restricted or will be disabled/restricted. You will find out the next time you try to log in somewhere.

Apple will always address you by your name or the name they have on file for you, not Dear Customer, Dear Client or by using your e-mail address. The e-mail will be from @apple.com or @iTunes.com. E-mail addresses can be spoofed. You can go to Mail/View/Message/Show all Headers to see more. Apple emails won't have poor grammar/misspellings. Apple e-mails will never contain an attachment. Apple will never request personal information by email such as Social Security numbers, your Mother’s maiden name or full credit card numbers .

The only exception to the above I have noticed is if you order something from the Apple Store (apple.com), your receipt will be addressed to Dear Apple Customer. That is a receipt for a purchase you initiated.

Avoid phishing emails, fake ‘virus‘ alerts, phony support calls, and other scams.

Identifying legitimate emails from the iTunes Store.

Send the e-mail to Apple as an attachment to a new e-mail before deleting it. You can forward as an attachment by going to Mail/Message/Forward as attachment. Or control - click on the email and select Forward as attachment. Make sure you send it as an attachment to a new email. If you just forward it, it will probably be rejected. You won’t receive a response.

reportphishing@apple.com

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