Getting Apple Account is at risk and account suspension email

dutchchapie wrote:

I worry about my data when I constantly get emails with the subject

While the sending email address can be faked (just as a sending text number or calling phone number can also be faked), a lot of these don’t bother faking Apple.com as the sending address. Which can be a clue about the validity of the message.

"Alert: Your Apple Account Is at Risk – Suspension on 20/06/2025"

And here we’re using the everywhere-but-the-US date format? At least they 𝚐𝚘𝚝 “Apple Account” right.

body of email: "Your iCloud account will be irreversibly terminated on June 20, 2025, at 12:18 PM UTC-4, and your media files are at risk of being deleted without sufficient iCloud space."

Ah, a different date format. And now we have UTC offsets mixed in? (Most of the US doesn’t use the dd/mm/yyyy date format used earlier, either.)

An “iCloud Account” is an Apple Account, formerly Apple ID.

Seems the sender can’t figure out if this Apple Account subscription was terminated a while back, or today, too.

And I’m not sure how irreversibly terminated doesn’t also involve clobbering the data.

Pointing toward a message being a scam but not a certainty, Apple will use your name in these. This missive doesn’t.

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There’s an embedded link in all that, too.

Today I received:

"SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRED

Alert ID: _______

Account ID _______Name ________ Country USA Date Expires O7-04-2O25 StatusActive 

Using O as 0, presumably to get past filtering. Or somebody learned to type on a manual typewriter? 😉

As mentioned above, it’s called an Apple Account, formerly called Apple ID, not called Account ID.

ATTENTION:

This email from CIoud Support Team,

iCloud.

And the iCloud Support Team folks won’t be sending a billing notice, it’d be the Apple billing folks.

Your subscription has expired on: 04 July 2O25

Ah, so not the 20th? And again with the O characters, not the 0 digits.

If you are unsure about claims in mail or text or otherwise, log in and check with Apple billing and subscription data.

And don’t use links or phone numbers in the message.

Warning! Risk of losing private data."

Warning! Bad Grammar!

I don't dare report these as spam, in case it really is coming from Apple.

Apple grammar and presentation is usually much better.

And again, if you have questions, log into the Apple Billing and Subscription area, and check.

• Subscriptions and Billing - Official Apple Support

Related:

• Recognize and avoid social engineering schemes including phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

It’s a scam.

Simply block, report and delete the message.

In closing:

If you receive a suspicious email or SMS text message that looks like it's supposed to be from Apple, please email it to reportphishing@apple.com. 

Learn how to ⇢ Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams.

Good luck! 👋🏼😉

As you’re posting here, clearly your Apple Account was NOT irreversibly terminated on June 20th.

The one claiming dire consequences for today is the same.

All are criminal phishing attempts.