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emails that say you are locked out. How do I know it is now a phishing scam

MacBook Air 11″, OS X 10.10

Posted on Jan 24, 2021 10:16 AM

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Niel

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Posted on Jan 24, 2021 10:28 AM

If those messages claim to be from Apple, they're always phishing; forward them to reportphishing@apple.com as attachments and then delete them.

If those messages claim to be from someone else, visit their website manually instead of following any links in them.

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