"Keep your Apple Account safe and secure" Email

My default on this matter is Geniuine or not; if its Unsolicited, I just delete the email. Seems rather silly of Apple to do something like this unless they're Base-Lining User's Info.......not sure what?!

In my case I'm extremely careful because my phone was stolen recently, I already received 3 scam text messages with bogus links that obviously I ignored, so any unsolicited emails or texts asking to login onto my account I delete

A copy of the message arrived here, as did a notification and a 🔴 in Settings app indicating iCloud sync issues.

The links I checked in the mail message body looked okay, though it’s also possible to look up the associated Apple article links yourself, and use those links to add a recovery contact and a legacy contact, or whatever else.

Looks legit.

I have read online that a lot of people have clicked on the link and have gone to the Apple site. The site seems to be genuine but unless Apple tells us it is them and not a scam I won’t be giving any information to them via the link.

The email is still sitting in my junk waiting to be deleted.

WhyCantISayMyName wrote:

I think my account has been compromised because I’ve not been keeping up with my passwords. I’ve been working on updating all of my passwords/security measures based on information provided through the Apple helpline and was shocked to see the amount of dark web exposure that Google uncovered for my gmail account. 37 instances — I’m going to be following all the recommended measures from Apple as well as Google.

Anything referencing “dark web” is best initially assumed unserious, until proven otherwise; assumed to be entertainment, advertising, sketchy, or quote possibly a scam.

Email addresses are not and cannot be secret.

And knowing an email address does not provide access to the account.

Password re-use is, however, approximately doom. Password stuffing is very common, and various services can be breached.

You can see some of the various services that have leaked your credentials at haveibeenpwned.com — and some of those will have used weak or too often no security for their password storage.

Most sites where an email address is provided should be assumed to have sold it, unless the fine print says otherwise. And even then, they can either lose it or sell it.

Enable two-factor authentication, use unique and robust passwords, and use a password manager such as iClpud Keychain. (If the passwords are unique, account compromises don’t have any effects past the compromised service itself.)

Better Securing Your Data, and Apple Account - Apple Community

I clicked the link and put my details in to log in and it send me the Apple ID Verification Code to my iPhone. I had to say that it was me to continue then my phone gave me a code to input - just like when you log into Apple on web. Doesn't this mean it's not a scam, or can some scam websites do that?

I think my account has been compromised because I’ve not been keeping up with my passwords. I’ve been working on updating all of my passwords/security measures based on information provided through the Apple helpline and was shocked to see the amount of dark web exposure that Google uncovered for my gmail account. 37 instances — I’m going to be following all the recommended measures from Apple as well as Google.

How do you know? Did you open it?

I and my daughter have also received this email and we both thought it was a scam and sent it to junk

Is it genuine or not?

I’m still getting the little spinny wheel… why can’t I add myself to the list of people who’ve experienced this issue?

Same exact thing with me.

yep shows Verified logo, its from Apple.

I received that too. What if I accidentally clicked the link from the email?

I must of spoken to soon now I am getting flooded with emails from this chain lol. Let's close it!

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