Strange Email

Fisher17 wrote:

Just got an email today...

[scam deleted]

Does anyone know why I’d get this?

Sure. You’re a potential mark for a scam, as you are connected to the internet, and have probably also been identified as having now or having once had Apple hardware.

Pretty much everybody gets those too, as the scams are increasingly automated.

Anything to get you to click, too; extortion, greed, curiosity, panic, fear, “you have 32767 viruses!”, all those and more will be used in an effort to get you roped into the scam.

Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

FWIW: Sending email addresses, and calling telephone numbers, can be spoofed / faked / forged, too. And no website can scan your Mac or iPhone or iPad for malware; websites and pop-ups just don’t have that level of device access.

If you want to be sure, and get more confident on the next one you will receive,

just display the message raw source ( in Mail: View > Message > Raw source ) of this suspicious message.

Check the "From: " field and most importantly check the domain from which it was apparently sent.

The part of an E-mail address which is to be checked is between "<" and ">" characters

and it should end like "…@apple.com>" otherwise it is a SPAM.

And to tell you the truth, this field can be redacted by everyone.

this is definatelly scam, so delete and ignore it

A spam attempt.

Was there a link to click - if so it is a scam/phishing email.

Unless you requested it is spam.

Junk like junk mail.