Someone registered an Apple ID with my email

On June 3 I got this email (Google translated from Danish):

Dear Xxxx Yyyy

Your Apple ID (XxxxYyyy@gmail.com) has been used to log into iCloud on an iPhone 13.

Date and time: 3 June 2024 at 07:42 UTC

If the information above looks familiar, please ignore this message.

If you recently signed in with your Apple ID on an iPhone 13 and you believe someone has accessed your account without your permission, go to Apple ID (https://appleid.apple.com ) and change your password as soon as possible.

With best regards

Apple support

I do not have an Apple ID connected to that email. The email address used is mine.

Later the same day I got this:

Dear Xxxx Yyyy

Your Apple ID (XxxxYyyy@gmail.com) has been used to log into iCloud on an iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation).

Date and time: 3 June 2024 at 17:02 UTC

If the information above looks familiar, please ignore this message.

If you recently signed in with your Apple ID on an iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) and you believe someone has accessed your account without your permission, go to Apple ID (https: //appleid.apple.com) and change your password as soon as possible.

With best regards

Apple support

I didn't act on this at all. Yesterday, June 6, I got this.

Welcome to iCloud

Your Apple ID is XxxxYyyy@gmail.com.

iCloud gives you secure storage for your photos, files, contacts and personal information across all your devices. And you get 5 GB of free storage.

Should I do anything about this?

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?

Posted on Jun 7, 2024 11:33 AM

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Limnos

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Posted on Jun 10, 2024 4:29 AM

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. Anybody can set up an ID and Apple simply checks if they can also receive email there. The weakness in security is with you email account, nothing at Apple's end.

However, regardless of Google Translate being involved (you should have mentioned that before), I don't think Apple says anything like "With best regards" in any language in its messages. The only puzzle I see is the link you provide to appleid.apple.com does go to an Apple page. Typically phishing shows a valid link as you read it but in reality it goes to something similar to an Apple page. 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.

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.

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

Forward email attempts as an attachment (in MacOS Mail use the paperclip icon) to: reportphishing@apple.com then delete it.

If you are truly convinced your Apple Account has been compromised then If you think your Apple ID has been compromised - Apple Support

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