Someone registered an Apple ID with my email

Kurt Lang wrote:

It's close, but it's fake. Real Apple notices do not mention what type of device logged in.

I tested it just now to confirm by logging into icloud.com from my iPhone 14 Pro, which I have never done before. Naturally, Apple's system informed me. Such emails always use your real name and email address for the account you logged into, which I x-d out.

A real message also does not say, With best regards.

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Dear xxxx xxxxxxxxx,

Your Apple ID (xxxxxxx@xxxx.com) was used to sign in to iCloud via a web browser.

Date and Time: June 7, 2024, 12:20 PM PDT

If the information above looks familiar, you can ignore this message.

If you have not signed in to iCloud recently and believe someone may have accessed your account, go to Apple ID (https://appleid.apple.com) and change your password as soon as possible.

Apple Support

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I then logged in to icloud.com again from my Mac and got an identical message. With the main point being that all it said was via a web browser. Not from what type of Mac I have.

You can double check by going into the settings and tapping/clicking on your name. The only devices listed should be ones you own. Anything else is someone who shouldn't have access to your account.

Please note that the text I posted was Google translated from Danish.

I still don't believe this is fake. Let's check the headers of the email. Seems legit, right?

Kurt Lang wrote:

I went out of my way to post a real message and explained the differences between it and whatever that was you got. In particular, Apple never, never, never, EVER, includes the phrase, With best regards, with their login notices.

How can you be so sure about how Apples *danish* login notices are phrased?

Let's take a look at a *swedish* login notice. This one is 100% legit, and was sent to me recently when my kid logged in for the first time on an old iPhone 7.

https://i.postimg.cc/XNxGHzjm/temp-Image-SWDXb-A.avif

In the bottom it says "Vänliga hälsningar". That is Swedish for "Best regards".

In the danish email, it says "Med venlig hilsen". That is Danish for "With best regards".

So, I don't think you should be so categorical and say that Apple "never, never, never, EVER, includes the phrase, With best regards, with their login notices.". You are obviously wrong about the matter.

But since you seem to be determined to get scammed, then by all means, go right ahead.

No need to worry, no one is being scammed here. I'm just trying to understand why these three emails have been sent to me. The natural thing would of course have been to dismiss these as scams, but to do that I need to have evidence to support this. There is no such evidence yet.

Jeff Donald wrote:

Welcome to the world of <Social Engineering>.

Nope, that's not it. Every link in every email is legit.

Kurt Lang wrote:

You've been informed twice the message is fake. You are on your own if you persist in responding.

Nothing in this thread has convinced me it's fake. There is right now no evidence for the messages being fake.

Limnos wrote:

If you think those are real messages from Apple and have not already registered with Apple for an Apple ID using that address then check the security of your email account.

I have. There is no suspicious activity. I also use 2FA so I can't see the weakness you mention.

However, regardless of Google Translate being involved (you should have mentioned that before)

I did mention that the message I posted was Google Translated from Danish, in my original post.

However, I am wondering if that is because you washed the original message through Google Translate and Apple's editing window is simply rendering it as a link.

Nope, the link is legit all the way from the email source code:

Hvis du for nylig har logget ind med dit Appl=
e=E2=80=91id p=C3=A5 en=C2=A0iPhone=C2=A013, og du mener, at nogen har f=C3=
=A5et adgang till din konto uden din tilladelse, skal du g=C3=A5 til Apple=
=E2=80=91id (<a href=3D"https://appleid.apple.com/dk" style=3D"color: #333;=
 text-decoration: none;"><nobr>https://appleid.apple.com</nobr></a>) og =C3=
=A6ndre din adgangskode hurtigst muligt.</td>

So, this is either yet another one of the very, very, very common phishing messages that you should simply ignore, or this is an issue you have with your email provider and again has nothing to do with Apple other than you can report email phishing attempts to them.

Clearly not a phishing attempt and clearly not an issue with my email provider. I think all the facts in this threads shows this. My original questions still stands unanswered: "How can someone register an Apple ID with an email they don't have access to? Shouldn't Apples system prevent this by verifying the email before starting sending out emails to the email address? "

If you are truly convinced your Apple Account has been compromised then...

No, this email is not used for my own Apple ID, and not for anyone elses Apple ID either.

You don’t seem to want contact Apple and resolve the issue?

How have I indicated that I do not want to contact Apple? In any case, it is completely wrong. I wanted to seek answers on my own first, hoping to resolve the matter that way and not waste Apple's resources.

Why? Are you a scammer trying to add legitimacy to your scam emails?

Wow. No, I'm just an ordinary user with very long experience with Apple products and ecosystem who likes to seek answers on his own and with the help of other like-minded people.

But now you’ve got me wondering what your motives are? Why?

This is a question you have to answer on your own. I have only tried to be very clear and base my comments on facts rather than opinion.