Text scam? I don’t know.

Hi Kizzy, this text message is obviously fake. There are so many reasons for it to be a scam. Probably the most obvious is that Apple would never just send out a text message like this. The company would need to invade a ton of privacy terms to be able to link your phone number to your Debit/Credit Card. Even if they did have access to that information, they would not just send you a text message like this. You can rest assured that this message is fake, so you are safe. Hope this helped!

Scam.

[Apple Security Alert]

We have noticed that your Apple id was recently used at \"APPLE STORE\" for $143.95, paid by Apple Pay Pre Authorization. Also some suspicious sign in request and apple pay activation request detected. That looks like suspicious to us. In order to maintain the security and privacy of your account we have placed those request on hold.  If NOT you? Please Call +1 833-374-*** to talk to an Apple Representative. Failing may lead to auto debit and charge will not be reversed. Call +1 833-374-*** immediately to cancel this charge.

Customer Support: +1 833-374-***

Billing Support :  Subscriptions and Billing - Official Apple Support

Have a great day!

that is what mine said to, thank you for confirming this is a scam.

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I too received this message today. It also gave the phone number 8*****2 to talk to an Apple representative to report the charge as not being mine. And it gives a link to support.apple.com/billing I think that's why it seems legitimate to those receiving it.

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Yep. Scam. My wife got one of those today too. Report it to the FTC at https://donotcall.gov