How to identify if I have received a scam or real iCloud message?

Hey someone mail on my mailbox and said I hacked you this mail from your iCloud id that he hacked my all data from my phone


scam or real ?


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Posted on May 19, 2024 7:56 PM

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Posted on May 19, 2024 8:06 PM

You have not been hacked. This scam has been around for years, everyone has received this. Just delete it


It is a scam message designed to get you to purchase unnecessary software or phish for personal information.

Read more about it here -

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


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May 19, 2024 8:06 PM in response to shru113

You have not been hacked. This scam has been around for years, everyone has received this. Just delete it


It is a scam message designed to get you to purchase unnecessary software or phish for personal information.

Read more about it here -

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


May 19, 2024 9:29 PM in response to shru113

As with all blackmail and extortion, if you give in, you just encourage the blackmailer or extortionist to keep holding onto their leverage onto you, and using it to blackmail a never-ending stream of payments out of you.


Whether the leverage is real (as in some other types of blackmail), or phony (as in this scam).


Don't give the criminals that satisfaction! As the U.K. Government advises, Don't communicate with the criminal. Delete their perverted message, or report it to the authorities in your country, but don't reply to the senders at all.

May 19, 2024 10:34 PM in response to shru113

shru113 Said:

"How to identify if I have received a scam or real iCloud message?: Hey someone mail on my mailbox and said I hacked you this mail from your iCloud id that he hacked my all data from my phone"

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Report this Scam:

As provocative as it is, this is no more than a scam. Should you so desire, you can report it to Apple and to the Federal Government. See my User Tip: Using the Photos App to Report Scams: - Apple Community

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