I received an email from this address and cannot find any information online about it, says that it’s possible to spoof sender and its message starts with, “Setup some peace of mind by knowing how to reset your password, update your…”
I opened it once to look at it, didn’t click any links.
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How do you know? Did you open it?
If iPhone or iPad Safari is set to view links (rather than set to preview the target webpages), then (for instance) pressing and holding on the red-circled “go to” link (shown below) won’t be an Apple.com domain. Or won’t be whatever other website or service the particular scammers are trying to phish.
In Mail app, press and hold on the “from” in top of the message to view the sending email address, too. The green-circled detail (the sending address) usually won’t be Apple. Or whoever the scammer is trying to phish. This test is less reliable though, as the sending email addresses can be spoofed. Unlike the sending email address, the action links embedded in the spam message can’t go to Apple.com for the phishing to work, so those embedded links can’t be as easily spoofed.
If not familiar with Safari settings, here is how to view a link (circled in blue):
If you see the “tap to show preview”, you’re viewing the link. Which is the mode you want here. And in this case, the link shown (again, in the blue circle) shows an Apple.com link.
If you see the following (this is preview mode, with “hide preview” shown circled in yellow), then tap Hide preview:
Safari remembers this setting too, and I usually have it set to view links / hide previews. To set the link-view or webpage-preview setting mode using some benign link, such as the links used on most any webpage you normally visit, press and hold on one of the links embedded in the webpage. Best don’t test or switch the Safari viewing modes right on a spam or scam message, though.
There can be other clues, though those can sometimes be less reliable with all the data breaches happening.
There’s a very well-crafted AT&T phish email going ‘round, as well. That phishing email is easily detected by the embedded links not going to AT&T.
I got similar emails today, seems very suspect. Stay vigilant
Have had a few emails regarding Apple Account today which initially spooked me and seemed suspicious.
I still don't know.
There's a tatty Apple logo with irregular edges, but oddly I'm told it's a 'verified logo' - so the loo's ok, but does that mean the email is genuine and not a phishing attempt.
Apple Account rollout does not seem very reassuring to me.
Have had a few emails regarding Apple Account today which initially spooked me and seemed suspicious.
I still don't know.
There's a tatty Apple logo with irregular edges, but oddly I'm told it's a 'verified logo' - so the looks ok, but does that mean the email is genuine and not a phishing attempt.
Apple Account rollout does not seem very reassuring to me.
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’ve been highly confused over the last several days. Thank you for this question, GoodQAvgA. I came here also hoping to verify if appleaccount@insideapple.apple.com is a legitimate address. I’m not sure if I’ve come any closer to answering this question. I hope to find out what’s going on. Search results have been hard to sort through.
There seems to be a lot of debate in the threads if this is phishing. It's really hard to tell with this one since it looks like a legit email address. The only emails I get from apple is that my cloud storage is full or emails from apple support. Is this a first time for everyone seeing that email?
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!
Tap on the blue bell at the top of the thread so it goes white.
"Keep your Apple Account safe and secure" Email
