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User profile for user: AcftDude
AcftDude Author
User level: Level 1
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Is this email I received about my Apple ID a scam?

01/10/23 08:09

"Your Apple ID has been locked.

We have locked your Apple ID because our service has detected two unauthorized devices.

To unlock your account you required to verify your Apple ID.

Click the link below to unlock your Apple ID.

Your account will be automatically unlock, after finishing the verification.

Copyright c 2023 Apple Distribution International, Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Irlande. All rights Reserved"


Each line is a paragraph, the link is blue and underlines.


[Edited by Moderator]

iPhone 14 Plus, iOS 16

Posted on Jan 10, 2023 11:40 AM

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User profile for user: Allan Jones
Allan Jones
User level: Level 9
72,122 points

Posted on Jan 10, 2023 12:05 PM

I am a new iPhone user, and did-not click the link.


You absolutely made the correct choice. Well played!


I typed the address in chrome as written and it appears the address is correct, and a real apple place, but they spelled Ireland correctly.


That address is publicly available on Apple's web site. See:


Contact - How to Contact Us - Apple (UK)


The spammers probably cut/pasted it from the web site, likely why the spelling was not butchered along with the rest.


There was also multiple circles with a generic silhouettes at the very top saying "20 People"


Like this?:



That indicates that the scammers sent the same message to a group of people.


Also the link, now redacted as potentially dangerous by our Hosts, did not end in Apple.com


Your instincts worked well for you. Good job



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User profile for user: Allan Jones
Allan Jones
User level: Level 9
72,122 points

Jan 10, 2023 12:05 PM in response to AcftDude

I am a new iPhone user, and did-not click the link.


You absolutely made the correct choice. Well played!


I typed the address in chrome as written and it appears the address is correct, and a real apple place, but they spelled Ireland correctly.


That address is publicly available on Apple's web site. See:


Contact - How to Contact Us - Apple (UK)


The spammers probably cut/pasted it from the web site, likely why the spelling was not butchered along with the rest.


There was also multiple circles with a generic silhouettes at the very top saying "20 People"


Like this?:



That indicates that the scammers sent the same message to a group of people.


Also the link, now redacted as potentially dangerous by our Hosts, did not end in Apple.com


Your instincts worked well for you. Good job



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User profile for user: AcftDude
AcftDude Author
User level: Level 1
4 points

Jan 10, 2023 11:48 AM in response to Allan Jones

There was also multiple circles with a generic silhouettes at the very top saying "20 People"

Thanks for the response, I am a new iPhone user, and did-not click the link.

I typed the address in chrome as written and it appears the address is correct, and a real apple place, but they spelled Ireland correctly.

Thanks, my first post to the community :-)

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