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Is this mail legitimate or scam?

I received an email from them saying I bought something on the App Store for $28 and that if I wanted a refund then they gave me the link. They sent a what looked like a legitimate receipt but what threw me off was when I click on the link it brought me to a website where it was asking me in order to cancel my purchase I needed to fill in my address and put in my card details. It also had a option for my social security as well but they made it optional. That threw me off and I want to know if I’m being paranoid or not lol




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Posted on Nov 8, 2021 8:06 AM

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Posted on Nov 8, 2021 10:11 AM

You’re NOT being paranoid, the phishing threat is VERY real and getting more sophisticated and convincing all the time.


You dodged this “bullet” … but continue to be vigilant. If your e-mail received this targeted phish, there will likely be more.

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Nov 12, 2021 7:31 AM in response to Horkage96

I got this same scam on November 7. It went into junk so I did not see it until November 11. At first I thought it was real, the link just took me to a blank google search page. I asked my daughter and she knew nothing about the game mentioned in the receipt. Then I finally clued in that it might be a scam. I checked my credit card and sure enough there was no such charge. Then I noticed the broken English and spelling errors at the bottom of the email. Then of course was the sender, which said "Service" which should have been my first clue. I think they catch people by surprise. We see "receipt" and our minds go into panic mode thinking, wait, I didn't buy that!

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